• Akoya Biosciences (NASDAQ:AKYA) announces the appointment of Myla Lai-Goldman to its board of directors...

Morphic Therapeutic (NASDAQ:MORF) announces the appointment of Nisha Nanda to the company's board of directors...

Vaxart (NASDAQ:VXRT) announces the appointment of Julie Cherrington to the company's board of directors...

Black Diamond Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BDTX) announces the appointment of Mark Velleca to the company's board of directors...

Atara Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:ATRA) announces the appointment of Ameet Mallik to the company's board of directors...

Ma is the executive vice president and head of technical operations at Sana Biotechnology, while Brady is the chief executive officer of Tempest ...

• In a regulatory filing, Box (BOX-0.2%) reveals the latest letter the company sent in response to activist investor Starboard Value, which holds an 8% stake...

• Alphatec Holdings (NASDAQ:ATEC) announces that Marie Meynadier, founder of EOS imaging, has been appointed as an independent director to the company's board...

• Genesco (NYSE:GCO) sent a letter to shareholders highlighting the collective strength of its current board in the face of a challenge from activist investor Legion Partners...

• Nurix Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NRIX) announces the appointment of Clay Siegall to the company's board of directors...

Mastercard (MA) will tie compensation for its most senior executives to the company's environmental, social, and corporate governance ("ESG") initiatives and to three ESG priorities...

• Christopher Swann's Cygnus Capital nominates five candidates for Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT),  marking Cyngus's first activist investor effort to drive change at a holding's board...

Activist investor Nelson Peltz and his investment firm Trian Fund Management have acquired a 9.9% stake in Janus Henderson, but investors should not pin all their hopes on a merger between Janus Henderson and Invesco Ltd (IVZ). Also, a further improvement in capital returned to shareholders is also challenging...

Continuing to believe that Aimco's (NYSE:AIV) proposed split into two publicly traded companies (one an apartment REIT, the other a developer) will destroy shareholder value, Land & Buildings has filed to call a special meeting of shareholders...

My interest in shareholder activism dates back to the start of the 2010s, the world was just recovering from the financial crisis – a crisis largely stemming from a failure of corporate governance. Risk management committees at the boards of the world’s largest financial institutions were seemingly asleep at the switch as the executive branch of their companies leveraged up the balance..

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis is coming out against the pay package at Liberty Global (LBTYA), putting in some additional scrutiny on some eye-popping numbers pointed at its CEO...

Barclays' (NYSE:BCS) largest shareholder and activist investor Edward Bramson suspended his campaign to unseat Barclays CEO...

Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommends that OnDeck (NYSE:ONDK) shareholders vote for all of the company's directors...

Two of the three activist hedge funds, Macellum Advisors and Ancora Capital, that went after Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY) are now coming after this discount retailer to execute “big” changes at Big Lots...

The board of directors of Groupon (GRPN -3.1%) has adopted a limited duration rights plan to promote the fair and equal treatment of all current and future stockholders, effective April 10, 2020 and with an expiration date of March 10, 2021...

I believe Bed Bath (BBBY) will survive this pandemic and come out stronger. It will take time to recover lost revenue and an omnichannel becomes even more important. The company will go through a rough patch as long as it has to close most of its stores...

Olin Corp. (NYSE:OLN) confirms activist investor Sachem Head Capital Management plans to nominate four directors at the company's 2020 annual shareholders meeting...

JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) announces changes to its board of directors aligned with the company's new governance guidelines...

A good start with six down, and only three more to go to complete the board refill. Accountability, integrity, and good corporate governance at the top is ...