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Today, investors of a particular company are breaking the conventional rule of being complacent. They have come from an era where they were unwilling to accept changes in the companies they own, to one where they are now receptive to mergers, change of management and, accountability for poor performance. This is a precaution that CEOs have to consider as well as accept as they manage investor activism.

'I have moved assets to less risky investments,' is the No. 1 answer to the question, 'How have you changed the way that you invest?' Over 34 percent of affluent [...]

Watching middle-aged managers on television hop aboard the discount brokerage bandwagon sure makes it look like fun. When Americans saw last year's Ameritrade ad with crimson-haired office punk Stuart assuring [...]

Time for a breather A new device to prevent irrational online trades JUST before the hovering finger clicks the mouse to trade, there is one thing that online investors of [...]

Throughout a brokerage career that has spanned more than 25 years, I have seen savvy investors take advantage of fear in the market. The first property I sold as a [...]

Florida investor Kenneth Rosen has never plowed a single penny into the stock market, which he likens to legalized gambling. Instead, income-producing properties have provided the path to prosperity for [...]

Gerald J. Ford made his reputation - and much of his fortune - buying up damaged banks and thrifts during the savingsandloan crisis, fixing them, and selling them for top [...]

Underperformers beware -- an upstate New York investor looking to raise $20 million to buy stakes in community banks says he is targeting those 'that either need to be sold [...]

The State Street Investor Confidence Index measures investors' attitude toward risk, using the principles of modern financial theory to model the underlying behavior of global investors. It measures levels of [...]

Since becoming Community Bancshares Inc.'s chairman and chief executive nearly three years ago, Patrick M. Frawley has resolved a slew of lawsuits and disposed of tens of millions of dollars [...]

When fund manager Hermes announced the appointment of shareholder activist Mark Anson as its new CEO last month, it was a clear indication that shareholder vigilance is on the rise. [...]

BRITAIN'S wealthiest investors prefer independent financial advice when it comes to help with investment decisions. Research from Tulip Financial Research said that only a small minority of the UK's estimated [...]

Investors selling BTL properties to reinvest in Sips could cause a surge in prices at the lower end of the scale You have to wonder whether the policymakers at the […]

After five years of consolidating a slew of independent investment advisory firms, Wachovia Corp.'s asset management unit, Evergreen Investment Management Co., is still struggling to become a top-tier player. Despite [...]

The majority of institutional investors and most hedge fund-of-funds companies are not taking the risks of hedge fund portfolio valuation seriously enough. Despite recent blowups like Beacon Hill Asset Management [...]

As an investment manager working for pensions funds, I have always been surprised about the amount of time pension trustees spend on investment matters in comparison with other aspects of [...]

Since January 2000, the London market has fallen by some 50%. Overseas markets have done slightly worse or better than London, but many investors have fared very much worse than [...]

The Japanese economy needs rigorous structural reform before Japan funds regain popularity. According to Standard Life Investments, during the past 10 years of economic slowdown and periodic drifts into recession, [...]

Frank and Naomi Cooper have a secret for sound sleep: debt-free living. Frank, 86, remembers baling hay for 50 cents a day during the Depression, so he refuses to take [...]