Early data on 2024 points to ‘significant’ drop in proposals
Shareholder Commons tallies systemic risk-related proposals in companies, while ESG resolutions are set to decrease in this year’s AGM season in the US.
Ali Saribas, Partner at SquareWell, contributes to ICGN's latest Investor Viewpoint aiming to foster productive discussions around this rapidly evolving and crucial technology
IR workload has been profoundly changed by the rise of ESG
Companies like BP, the owner of Tinder, or Grifols are already suffering pressure from activist funds this year, which in 2023 launched a record number of campaigns.
Carl Icahn is preparing for a second board battle at gene-sequencing company Illumina after shareholders elected his candidate, Andrew Teno, to the company’s board and ousted the chairman, John Thompson, in May. Icahn then successfully pushed out former CEO Frances DeSouza in June.
AQTION, a subsidiary of SquareWell Partners, published its inaugural study – ‘Stewardship in AQTION’ – which details how the world’s largest 65 asset managers and owners steward their portfolio companies and how they incorporate extra-financial considerations into their investment decision-making processes.
Activist investors are expected to launch more and bolder campaigns for change among European companies in the year ahead, advisers told Reuters, after a record number in 2023.
Large asset managers no longer hesitate to support activist campaigns, which still remain mainly led by hedge funds
Thirteen large-cap companies named as key firms for activism attacks
SquareWell Partners, together with White & Case, hosted an event in Tokyo to discuss active stewardship in Japan
SquareWell representatives attended the UN PRI in Person event in Tokyo, Japan
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