For the third year, Skadden’s European M&A practice has worked with Activistmonitor to survey executives from leading European companies and activist investors to assess their expectations for shareholder activism in Europe...more
Another record breaking year for shareholder proposals, including significant support for activists' and other dissident proposals - The number of shareholder proposals made by activist shareholders, votes against...more
The Background: Corporate share buybacks skyrocketed in today's low interest rate environment and the trend is likely to continue. The Issue: Although stock buybacks are an efficient method to return cash to shareholders,...more
The Fed’s patience on rate hikes coupled with surging commodities prices (including oil over $40/barrel for the first time since December) helped push the Dow into positive territory for the year – WSJ... So apparently...more
It is widely recognized that one of the primary causes of the current stock buyback phenomenon has been pressure from hedge fund activists....more