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The Motley Fool
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Sovereign Deposes Its Sovereign The bank's president resigns in the face of a board ouster, but takes a king's ransom with him. By all accounts, Jay Sidhu ruled as any emperor would: with impunity and disregard for the lowly shareholder.   |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2005
Tom Taulli |
The Icahn Effect Carl Icahn has spread fear throughout corporate boardrooms. Now hedge fund Relational Investors looks like an Icahn wannabe. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Rumblings in Sovereign's Kingdom Can shareholder agitation improve results at this poorly run bank? There's certainly ample room for improvement in both the bank's operations and valuation. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Attack Of The Hungry Hedge Funds To hike stock prices, aggressive hedge fund managers are banding together to force changes on companies. |
U.S. Banker
May 2004 |
One If by Land, Two If by Sidhu Fifteen years of hard work and deal-making have brought Jay Sidhu to an intriguing crossroad. His Philadelphia-based Sovereign Bancorp is a frequent subject of takeover talk. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2009
John R. Engen |
Sidhu's View The impending recession is bound to make 2009 a year that will test the mettle of all financial institution boards. Even so, says banking iconoclast Jay Sidhu, there's opportunity ahead. |
BusinessWeek
August 12, 2010
Jesse Westbrook |
The SEC Tries to Pry Open Corporate Boards Corporations are bracing for new rules that will make it easier for dissident shareholders to nominate board members. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
Read Those Proxy Statements in 2006 Shareholder resolutions are an increasingly important vehicle for shareholder activism of all sorts. |
The Motley Fool
February 7, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Repair Work for Home Depot Extending the olive branch to shareholders is the first step. The next is bringing back growth. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Your Stocks' Secrets Investors, knowledge is power, so don't ignore a freely available source of the best-kept corporate secrets -- the proxy statement. Proxy season is upon us -- don't forget to do your homework. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
Jena McGregor |
This Proxy Season, Expect A Brawl Add up shareholder anger over the backdating scandal, a slate of new rules on executive pay disclosure, increasing pressure from activist hedge funds, and more companies requiring directors to be elected by a majority shareholder vote, and a tempestuous proxy period lies ahead. |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Moon Ihlwan |
Staging A Revolt At The SK Chaebol Can a Dubai-based investment fund topple the head of South Korea's largest oil refiner? |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Louis Lavelle |
A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2004
Tom Taulli |
The Sarbanes Raiders Sarbanes-Oxley is a powerful tool for the SEC. It could also be very helpful for corporate raiders. A firm called Relational Investors LLC purchased a significant stake in SPX and recently launched a proxy fight to throw out management. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2008
Allen Kenney |
Sovereign Wealth Rising As rising foreign economic powers such as China and Russia established their own sovereign wealth funds, U.S. policy-makers and pundits are devoting more time and attention to questions regarding their proper regulation. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 5, 2006
Joseph Hinsey |
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction Corporate governance reformers are pushing the idea of majority voting for directors. But that solution won't produce the desired outcome. The answer? Keep CEOs and board chairs separate. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 10, 2004
Cynthia Ramsaran |
Sovereign Spruces Up Web Site To Expedite Info Delivery Bank redesigns its Web site to improve customer service. |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2009 |
Compensation at the Fore In this sampling of bank directors' opinions on the hot topics of the day, we look at issues related to executive compensation. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Michael Sisk |
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009 |
For Your Review What financial institutions directors are thinking about-the results of 2009 research by Corporate Board Member and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP... What's ahead for banking... |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2010
Kimberly Crowe |
2010 Director Compensation Review The results of the latest compensation survey offer an in-depth review of industry pay practices and reveal how the latest issues and trends in compensation are affecting banks and directors nationwide. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders Want This Power More and more investors agitate for the right to act by written consent. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2005
Jim Mueller |
Sportsman's Guide's Red Flag How many stock options is the outdoor gear seller giving out? And it wants more? Here's an investor's red flag. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
MF Global: Oversight Failure Once the board of directors allowed Corzine to wear two hats as an executive and a trader, the odds of the firm failing increased exponentially. |
CRM
May 2, 2005
Jason Compton |
CRM Brings Sanity to a Hectic Bank Sovereign Bank improved its operations with consistent service practices for customers and fellow employees. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 27, 2008
Judy Ward |
Sovereign Bank Hopes Customers Get Stuck on Online Bill Pay Sovereign launched an e-mail campaign to draw current online banking customers into the BillPay program. |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Mohamed A. El-Erian |
Sovereign Wealth Funds in the New Normal As the global financial crisis recedes, state-owned investment companies are well placed to seize a new set of opportunities and navigate changing risks. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 7, 2005
Cynthia Ramsaran |
Easing Lenders' Growing Pains While many banks are searching for innovative vendor solutions to update internal systems, others are staying ahead of the rapid growth in lending by teaming with service providers. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Simon Johnson |
The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds Sovereign wealth funds are major state-owned players of the 21st century. So, what happens when the 21st-century state meets the 19th-century private sector? The outcome remains to be seen. |
