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Are Financially Constrained Firms Bad Audit Clients?
Audit assurance becomes more valuable for financially constrained businesses as they face operational and financial uncertainty.
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Ahmet Kurt
| February 7, 2023
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Risk & Compliance
Companies With “Insider” Chairperson Pay CEOs 42% More
In addition, S&P 500 CEOs who held both the chairperson and CEO slots were paid 29% more on average, says Institutional Shareholder Services.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| March 10, 2016
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Strategy
Activist Fund Seeks Overhaul of Redbox Parent
Engaged Capital accuses the board of Outerwall of "speculative growth strategies, reckless capital allocation and poor corporate governance."
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Matthew Heller
| February 22, 2016
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Legal
Top Lawyer Changes Tune on Activist Investors
Martin Lipton advises companies to meet with activists and avoid "drawn out" proxy battles.
By
Matthew Heller
| April 30, 2015
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Disclosure
Activist Shareholders Spawn Bondholder Risks, Moody’s Says
By demanding share buybacks and dividends, which are paid out of cash reserves, activists threaten debt repayments.
By
Matthew Heller
| April 10, 2015
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Risk & Compliance
Investors Want More Disclosure on Director Qualifications
Are your board members the right people for the job? Prove it, investors are saying.
By
Matthew Heller
| March 18, 2015
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M&A
Activist Investors: More Targets, Lower Returns
In 2014, 344 companies were targets of activist shareholders, but the average activist fund returned only 4%, finds a new study.
By
Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| February 4, 2015
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Risk & Compliance
Out of the Frying Pan …
Activist Carl Icahn pushes for governance changes at upcoming spinoffs from eBay and Gannett that would leave them vulnerable to takeovers.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
| January 23, 2015
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Risk Management
Hertz Board Finds $87M in Accounting Errors
An audit committee review shows the rental car company overstated GAAP net income for three years.
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Matthew Heller
| November 14, 2014
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