Despite Healthy Stock Performance, Spotlight Remains on Poor Governance and Lavish Spending by CEO    By John Jannarone Argo Group International Holdings looks set for a showdown next week with activist investor Voce Capital Management. The risk: Argo may be...

Stocks Trade Across 88 “Lit” and “Dark” Venues (Source: Nasdaq Economic Research, FINRA)    By John Jannarone Small, illiquid stocks may actually suffer from exposure across too many platforms and would benefit from trading on just one “lit” home exchange...

Glass Lewis Highlights Disingenuous Attack on Waterton Nominee Daniel Muñiz Quintanilla   By John Jannarone Leading proxy advisors Glass Lewis and ISS have issued support for multiple directors nominated by Waterton Global Resource Management in its proxy fight with mining...

Rob Lin, Head of Investor Relations at Alibaba Group By John Jannarone Government regulations have required many Chinese technology companies to adopt a unique legal structure when listing shares in the U.S., and a number of bad actors have left...

Canadian Mining Company Deleted Its Accusation that Activist Waterton “Seeded” Article with Bloomberg By John Jannarone When companies face criticism from an activist, it’s common for them to resort to aggressive tactics. But spreading potential mistruths is a dangerous game...

MacKenzie Bezos in a Patagonia and Jeff Bezos in a SCOTTeVEST at the Allen & Company Conference in Sun Valley, ID   By John Jannarone   SCOTTeVEST CEO Scott Jordan is calling Patagonia out for its attack on Wall Street....

Patricia Olasker, Partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP   By John Jannarone The next wave of attacks on cannabis companies is likely to shift from short raids to traditional activist campaigns focused on better governance. That’s according to...

Ridesharing Company Expected to Price IPO Later This Week By John Jannarone Netflix, Snapchat, Grubhub – technology companies with blistering growth but little to no profit can be tempting investments. In the case of number-two ridesharing operator Lyft, investors should...

Phil Denning and Dan McDermott of ICR The disgrace of Purdue Pharma after allegedly pushing OxyContin on doctors is a lesson for fast-growing cannabis companies as they develop environmental, social, and governance standards. That’s according to a new paper published...

By Val Srinivas, Robert Lamm, and Tiffany Ramsay of The Deloitte Center for Financial Services and The Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness. Digital transformation is high on the agenda for financial institutions’ boards of directors. However, what we have found...