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Category: Investor Relations

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Does ‘Corporate Bullying’ Work?

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Nobody likes a bully, or so the saying goes. That may be true, but it has never stopped bullies from popping up in places ranging from playgrounds to office cubicles to the highest reaches of government. The modus operandi doesn’t change, r...

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Prompted by Advisers, Shareholders Voting Nay on Say on Pay

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Historically, voting on executive compensation packages has been a pro forma exercise at the annual meetings of technology manufacturer 3M Co., as pay proposals breeze through with shareholder approval. Not so this year, however. With promi...

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Interest Rates Continue to Influence Corporate Financing

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After setting interest rates at a two-decade high last July, the Federal Reserve has held them steady for the last 10 months at 5.3%. And now everyone waiting on the central bank to cut rates should probably settle in for an even longer hau...

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Will Take-Private Deals Continue to Climb in 2024?

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Lately, a significant number of publicly held companies have seen greener grass on the private equity side of the fence. Considering the rising number of regulatory complications and increasing costs associated with being a public company,...

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SEC Dings Investment Advisors for AI Washing; Are Public Companies Next?

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You’ve heard of greenwashing and sports-washing. Let us introduce you to AI washing. In what is believed to be a first for the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency recently settled charges against a pair of investment advisors for...

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