November 12, 2024

Natwest Buy-Back - Great Deal - but who benefits?

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Another Buy-back that is poor value for existing shareholders. Why do Buy-backs always take place AFTER shares have been rising?  Government...
October 29, 2024

HSBC to buy back $3 Billion in shares

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Do buy-backs add any value, and for whom? Buying back shares might be a good idea, but the detail is in the timing. Looking at the price his...
June 14, 2024

Elon Musk Pay Package at Tesla - no surprise there!

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The normous pay package for Elon Musk is no surprise for anyone who is watching the (fruitless)  debate about the correct level of executive...
January 08, 2024

Pension Plan Discrimination? - 3M to scrap Pension Plans for non-union employees

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Given that Top/Chief/Senior Executives often/usually benefit from better Pension Plans (as well as Medical Benefits and Incentive Plans) is ...
August 15, 2023

Why do Investors Vote Against Corporate Directors?

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https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2023/08/03/why-do-investors-vote-against-corporate-directors/   15-Aug-2023

Mega Grants: Why Would a Board Approve Nine-Figure CEO Pay?

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https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2023/08/07/mega-grants-why-would-a-board-approve-nine-figure-ceo-pay/ 15-Aug-2023
May 10, 2023

Du Plessis: Pot calling the Kettle black

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Interesting to read this lament from someone who has to much to be grateful for this "narrow british way of life". Thanks to the ...
September 25, 2022

Big Funds support attack on Free Speech?

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When Tech firms like PayPal start to get involved in censoring media outlets it is time for the owners to stand up and be counted. #Vanguard...
May 19, 2022

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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management. (Akio Morita)

JPMorgan shareholders vote against Jamie Dimon’s pay

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Just shows that the efforts to contain Executive Pay, esp at the very top, have been fruitless so far. If only 31% support Dimon's pay, ...