Martyn Chapman Named Executive Director of Nasdaq Center for Corporate Governance By John Jannarone Nasdaq Inc. has launched the Nasdaq Center for Corporate Governance, an information and research platform dedicated to supporting boards, senior executives, and governance professionals at public,...

By John Jannarone Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.’s third-largest shareholder, Vintage Capital Management, has called a special meeting to oust five of seven directors at the casual dining chain, setting the stage for a fight for control of a business...

Red Robin Turned Down Meeting with Large Shareholder and Launched Expensive Defense Campaign By John Jannarone Anyone who looks at a long-term stock chart can conclude that positive change is needed at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. But rather than make...

Take Stock in Children Palm Beach Executive Director Nancy Stellway By John Jannarone Should governance at a nonprofit organization be different from a corporation like Microsoft, Amazon, or PepsiCo? The reality is that, aside from shareholder profits, organizations focused on...

By John Jannarone It’s not unusual for investors to voice frustration after losing money in a poorly-performing stock. It is out of the ordinary when a board of directors ignores the way those investors vote their shares. Consider the case...

By John Jannarone Hedge funds aren’t the enemy some make them out to be, but they would be better off managing smaller sums of money and focusing on securities where it’s possible to have a true edge. That’s according to Wall...

Edelman Senior Vice President Ira Gorsky From Anadarko’s sale to Occidental to T-Mobile’s purchase of Sprint to Bristol Myers Squibb’s acquisition of Celgene, big deals on Wall Street often put shares in the hands of an unfamiliar investor: the risk...

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...

Martin Lipton, Founding Partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz By John Jannarone The largest institutional asset managers including Vanguard, State Street, and BlackRock have taken recent steps that align well with the tenets of The New Paradigm, according Martin...

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...