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Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season

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Proxy voting trends and outcomes, shareholder engagement, activism, and lessons for boards. KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Stephen Brown and Freshfields Partner Pamela Marcogliese share their takeaways for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Court Upholds Legality of Poison Pills for Closed-End Funds but Limits Successive Plans

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On March 28, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) held that it was legal under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) for a closed-end fund to use a shareholder rights plan...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Studies Show Hedge Fund Activists Have Adverse Impact On Board Diversity And Target More Firms With Women CEOs

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While more and more institutional holders and asset managers are noisily promoting board diversity among their portfolio companies—including, most recently, the NYC Comptroller and the NYC pension funds—hedge fund activists...more

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Blog: Are Companies Now Quicker To Settle With Hedge Fund Activists?

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According to data collected by Reuters, companies are settling with hedge fund activists “at the fastest pace since the financial crisis. The average number of days it takes companies to reach a settlement with activists...more

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Preparing a Company to Deal With Activist Investors

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It does not matter whether a company is approached by a single activist investor or a group of activist hedge funds, a company and its board should have a strategy prepared. In this video, Foley Partner Deepak Nanda discusses...more

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Blog: Executive Compensation — A Trigger For Hedge Fund Activism?

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Is executive pay becoming a hot button issue for activist hedge funds? While executive pay has long been under scrutiny from standard-issue corporate governance activists, such as union pension funds, the interest of some...more

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