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Shareholder activism

Banking & Finance

Management booted out as Japan’s shareholders flex their muscles in AGMs

Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp says that he agrees with progressives on most issues.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Data is changing shareholder capitalism

The offer comes months after OCBC first made a privatisation bid for Great Eastern through a voluntary unconditional general offer at S$25.60 per share.
Companies & Markets

‘Very clever’; ‘lost confidence’: Shareholders react to OCBC’s latest exit offer for Great Eastern

After a long trading suspension, GEH’s minorities now have certainty: the insurer will either be delisted with an exit offer of S$30.15, or trading in its shares will resume.
Opinion & Features
MARK TO MARKET

GEH, OCBC’s proposals a victory of sorts for minorities who have held out, endured suspension

Both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq now demand that a majority of directors are independent, and directors undergo professional training in business schools.
Opinion & Features

DEI may not survive. But shareholder activism will

A group of investors recently urged a review of Australia’s listing rules, arguing it’s unfair that companies can issue shares for acquisitions without shareholder approval.
Banking & Finance

Australian stock exchange operator to reassess M&A rules amid James Hardie backlash

Minority investors want UOI to distribute the nearly 4.3 million Haw Par shares it holds
Opinion & Features
HOCK LOCK SIEW

The real prize in minority investor action at UOI could well be Haw Par Corp

A group of shareholders, representing around 2.75 million shares or 4.4 per cent of UOI’s total shares, have proposed resolutions to be tabled at its upcoming AGM, according to a letter seen by BT.
Companies & Markets

Minority shareholders request UOI to distribute Haw Par shares, unlock shareholder value

BP’s management team and board of directors have changed little since Looney’s era, potentially making it a target for Elliott.
Companies & Markets

BP faces pivotal moment as activist investor Elliott enters fray

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Companies & Markets

UK activist investor Palliser takes protest against Great Eastern takeover to MAS, SGX

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