SquareWell’s Ali Saribas tells Nikkei that Japan’s takeover reforms must preserve shareholder rights, investor confidence and openness to global capital.
For the past two years, and since Donald Trump’s return to power, the annual general meeting season has been marked by renewed concern among responsible investors. The number of shareholder resolutions is collapsing in the United States, while virtual general meetings are becoming increasingly widespread in Europe. Can minority voices still make themselves heard? The reality is mixed.
Activist investors have filed 139 shareholder proposals this year, including 19 targeting executive leadership, as Oasis’s campaign to oust Kyocera’s president takes centre stage.
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Proposals are declining in number and receiving less support from shareholders. The trend is particularly pronounced in the US.
SquareWell Partners' study shows decreasing levels of support for such proposals
Support for sustainability-related shareholder resolutions by ISS fell from 39% in 2024 to 7% in 2025, while Glass Lewis saw a drop from 26% in 2024 to 21% in H1 2025
AGM proposals related to sustainability garner hardly any support among US shareholders, new research shows.
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SquareWell Partners Speaks at the Activism Forum in New York
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