• May 27 2025
  Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd

  Shareholders back 7-Eleven owner’s management amid $50bn takeover battle

  Seven & i’s annual meeting approves all board members and proposals to clear way for new CEO’s appointment

  
• May 22 2025
  Due Diligence

  Jony Ive and Sam Altman take on Apple Premium content

  Plus, Trump’s 401k and Elliott’s Phillips 66 showdown

  
• May 21 2025
  Elliott Management Corp

  Hedge fund Elliott wins two seats on Phillips 66 board

  Investment firm has lobbied for sweeping changes at US energy group

  
• May 21 2025
  Insurance

  Daniel Loeb’s Third Point Investors in deal to create London-listed insurer

  Planned reverse takeover of reinsurer Malibu Life has already met resistance from fund shareholder AVI

  
• May 21 2025
  Swatch Group SA

  Activist investor fails to win Swatch board seat

  GreenWood Investors’ Steven Wood says he will consider requesting an extraordinary meeting

  
• May 19 2025
  News in-depthSwatch Group SA

  Activist takes on Swatch maverick as Omega empire falters

  Nick Hayek has overseen a decade of decline at the watchmaker. Can he see off the threat to his grip on the group?

  
• May 14 2025
  Lex

  Elliott’s hardball tactics at Phillips 66 should pay off Premium content

  Fund insists honey rather than vinegar is its preferred approach but it is prepared to play tough

  
• May 13 2025
  Adidas AG

  Adidas chair in re-election fight as investors plot revolt

  DWS plans to vote against Thomas Rabe because of ‘repeated breach of expectations’

  
• May 13 2025
  Proxy adviser ISS backs Elliott in fight against Phillips 66

  Resounding endorsement gives hedge fund a leg-up in campaign to overhaul refiner’s board

  
• May 8 2025
  Due Diligence

  The activist winding up Omega-maker Swatch Premium content

  Plus, creditors draw battle lines at Altice and Millennium in talks to sell stakes

  
• May 8 2025
  Swatch Group SA

  Swatch investor takes aim at family behind Omega and Longines

  Steven Wood accuses Hayek family of sidelining minority shareholders in Swatch Group as he campaigns for board seat

  
• May 1 2025
  UK companies

  Activist investor’s play for Upper Crust owner sets stage for takeover

  Irenic Capital Management has built a 2 per cent stake in SSP and is pushing UK group to boost profitability

  
• May 1 2025
  Rio Tinto PLC

  Rio Tinto shareholders reject activist proposal for review of London listing

  Only 19% support Palliser Capital’s resolution to review consolidating miner’s shares in Australia

  
• April 30 2025
  LexCorporate governance

  A show of hands: Let’s hear it for the annual general meeting Premium content

  HSBC is the latest company to consider ditching physical annual general meetings

  
• April 25 2025
  Dan Loeb’s Third Point builds stake in maker of Tylenol and Neutrogena

  Johnson & Johnson spin-off Kenvue may become takeover target as activists circle the consumer health group

  
• April 25 2025
  Due Diligence

  The man behind Elliott’s BP battle Premium content

  Plus, the duo taking on the Big Four and Nomura’s risk-on trading overhaul

  
• April 24 2025
  Elliott Management Corp

  Elliott’s ‘lone wolf’: the hedge fund maverick waging war on Big Oil

  Other activist investors now take a less confrontational approach. John Pike is in a full-blown proxy fight

  
• April 23 2025
  Due Diligence

  Elliott’s BP pressure campaign Premium content

  Plus, the man behind Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Project Jes’ and the private credit partnership that’s taking off

  
• April 22 2025
  BP PLC

  Hedge fund Elliott turns up heat on BP with demand for deep spending cuts

  US activist discloses 5% stake and warns pivot back to oil and gas does not go far enough

  
• April 11 2025
  BP PLC

  BP faces shareholder backlash over U-turn on green strategy

  Legal & General is ‘deeply concerned’ by decision to pivot back to oil and gas

  
• April 3 2025
  Phillips 66 Co

  Elliott Management steps up proxy campaign against refiner Phillips 66

  US hedge fund seeks investor support to divest assets and install new board members to unlock value

  
• March 31 2025
  Nippon Steel

  Nippon Steel accused by activist of harming minority investors in subsidiary

  3D Investment Partners’ claim comes as steelmaker tries to push ahead with $15bn takeover of US Steel

  
• March 26 2025
  LexJapanese business & finance

  Japan plays host to a clash of capital and culture Premium content

  Activist investors are challenging a corporate model marked by underused assets and low returns on equity

  
• March 24 2025
  RWE AG

  US activist Elliott takes 5% stake in RWE

  Hedge fund calls for German energy group to accelerate share buybacks

  
• March 16 2025
  Japanese business & finance

  Japanese companies pitch reforms as buybacks fail to placate investors

  Conglomerates sack chief executives and sell assets to pre-empt shareholder demands at annual meetings