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The Activist Investing Today Podcast spoke with The Deal’s intrepid Delaware expert, David Marcus, about what to expect in Delaware Chancery Court later this month when rent-to-own retailer Rent-a-Cen...

1 Helmi 201923min

Chief executives who also serve as board chairs are leaving CEO roles but maintaining chairman positions at a large number of U.S. corporations, a situation that is jeopardizing boards’ independence a...

25 Tammi 201925min

Individuals who sit on five or more corporate boards - particularly at the largest U.S. corporations -- may not have the bandwidth to focus enough energy and time on each company's strategic and opera...

18 Tammi 201917min

A recent proxy season found that the median market capitalization of companies targeted by activist investors was well below $300 million. That’s according to Duncan Herrington, a veteran adviser in t...

11 Tammi 201922min

Lead independent directors at U.S. corporations have become more important, especially when it comes to “clubby” boards. That’s the view of Brian Stafford, CEO of Diligent Corp., a board management so...

20 Joulu 201819min

Institutional investors aren’t afraid to tell companies that shareholders should be permitted to buy as many shares as they want as long as they don’t breach antitrust limits. At least that’s the view...

14 Joulu 201822min

Activist hedge funds seeking board control essentially want corporations to give them "the keys” to businesses. As such they need to prove they have qualified director candidates and an in-depth under...

5 Joulu 201822min

The director of John Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance spoke to The Deal’s Activist Investing Today podcast about why he believes Third Point’s Dan Loeb is fortunate for getting what he got in ...

29 Marras 201821min