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Can High ESG Ratings Help Sustain Dividend Growth?

Harvard Corporate Governance

One possible source of returns in this environment could be dividends, particularly from those companies able to grow their dividends despite the prevailing macroeconomic headwinds. Companies with dividend growth that keeps pace with inflation could potentially be favored by investors. more…).

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Director-Shareholder Engagement: Getting It Right

Harvard Corporate Governance

When done right, director-shareholder engagement can pay dividends for both the investor and the company. In PwC’s 2021 Annual Corporate Directors Survey, more than half (53%) of directors say that board members (other than the CEO) engaged directly with the company’s shareholders during the prior year.

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Share Buybacks and Executive Compensation: Assessing Key Criticisms

Harvard Corporate Governance

Key Takeaways While most S&P 500 companies conducting buybacks in 2018–2021 did not adjust performance goals or incentive awards to account for the lower share count post buyback, those conducting the largest buybacks tend to adjust goals or incentive awards to offset for the impact. trillion in 2022”. [1]

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SEC Finalizes New Clawback Rules

Harvard Corporate Governance

These final rules follow the SEC’s issuance of proposed rules in July 2015, which laid dormant until the re-opening of two separate comment periods in October 2021 and June 2022. stock splits, stock dividends, etc.). – Excludes “out of period” adjustments (corrections of immaterial errors recorded in the current period).

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Is Radiant Opto-Electronics an Undervalued Dividend Play?

Andrew Stolz

Massive dividend yield secured by strong cash generation. In July 2021, the stock price faced a sharp drop by more than 30%. Cash machine ensures consistent massive dividend yield. It consistently delivered strong FCFF that were more than sufficient to cover high dividends. Download the full report as a PDF.

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Tech Co. Wants Suit Over $500M Dividend Pause Thrown Out

Law 360 M&A

told a Delaware vice chancellor Thursday that liability protections in Maxim Integrated Products' bylaws shield directors from a suit claiming they failed to pursue $500 million in dividends held back from the deal price for an evaporated tax risk in a $21 billion merger with ADI in 2021. An attorney for Analog Devices Inc.

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Data Update 2 for 2021: The Price of Risk!

Musings on Markets

Sources: S&P and Moody's Default rates increased in 2020, with spillover effects expected into 2021, but the corporate bond default spreads do not seem to reflect this. The other is to look at corporate defaults over time to see if markets are building in enough of a buffer against future defaults.