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Activist Investors Show Up at More CEOs’ Doors | ChiefExecutive.net | Chief Executive magazine

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An increasing number of corporate chiefs are seeing activist investor groups knocking at their doors demanding they do a better job of running the show. Among the targets are Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Zoetis CEO Juan Ramon Alaix. Visitation by activist shareholders has to be taken as seriously by today’s CEOs as it was back in the 1980s, during the days of corporate raiders such as Boone Pickens and Carl Icahn—perhaps even more so. The continuing, prolonged period of economic weakness and uncertainty around the world has weakened the results and prospects of many companies, while sweeping changes brought … Continue reading Activist Investors Show Up at More CEOs’ Doors | ChiefExecutive.net | Chief Executive magazine

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The World’s 500 Largest Asset Managers – Year end 2013

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The P&I/Towers Watson global 500 ranking is prepared using joint research by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Highlights of this year’s survey of the top 500 asset managers by P&I/Towers Watson, include: •Total assets under management of the 500 managers included in the ranking totalled US$ 76.5 trillion at the end of 2013, up 11.8% from the end of 2012. •BlackRock is in first position for the fourth consecutive year. Vanguard continued its growth and reached second position, moving Allianz down to third in the ranking. •Assets under management of North American managers were US$ 41.9 trillion at 2013 … Continue reading The World’s 500 Largest Asset Managers – Year end 2013