shareholder engagement – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 The case against hedge fund activism https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-case-against-hedge-fund-activism/ Tue, 09 Apr 2019 03:23:20 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-case-against-hedge-fund-activism/ While shareholder activism is a hot topic among institutional investors, where hedge funds are concerned, it doesn’t seem to have much impact on investee company profitability, according to a paper by J.B. Heaton, an independent financial economics researcher. Hedge fund activism is a great story, one that investors can wrap their heads around, says Heaton. […]

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]]> Putting decent work on corporate agendas https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/putting-decent-work-on-corporate-agendas/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 05:32:48 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/putting-decent-work-on-corporate-agendas/ The Shareholder Association for Research and Education has filed multiple shareholder proposals related to decent work and expects to file more, with the aim of bringing this focus higher up North American companies’ corporate agendas. The term ‘decent work’ is used by the United Nations and the International Labour Organization, says Shannon Rohan, director of […]

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