Insights and Stories on Governance

Activist investor reported building stake in Bayer, seeking breakup

Jan. 10, 2023 at 3:53 pm CST

Reuters — Activist investor Bluebell Capital Partners has built a stake in Bayer AG and is pushing for a breakup of the German pharmaceutical and agriculture company, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing sources. U.K.-based Bluebell is also seeking an overhaul of Bayer’s corporate governance, the report added. A Bayer spokesperson, […]

New CEO named for Canadian Dairy Commission

Jul. 7, 2022 at 3:36 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Port of Churchill moves to 100 per cent local ownership

Mar. 11, 2021 at 6:24 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Grain handler group seeks Vancouver port governance overhaul

Feb. 18, 2021 at 2:11 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Bayer seeks glyphosate litigation advice as Elliott reveals stake

Jun. 26, 2019 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Reuters

Prairie wheat commissions, grain firms to fund Cigi

Jul. 4, 2017 at 8:10 pm CDT

The technical institute for Canadian field crops will get its core funding from now on through the Prairies’ major grain export firms and its three provincial wheat grower commissions. Cigi, the Canadian International Grains Institute, on Tuesday announced the new funding model, plus a new governance model setting up a […]

By Staff

Alberta recruits new board for AFSC

Apr. 27, 2017 at 8:07 pm CDT

Alberta’s provincial government has named a new board of directors to its farm financing and crop insurance agency, to replace the board it fired last year. Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier on Thursday announced the appointment of a new eight-member board for the provincial Agriculture Financial Services Corp., (AFSC), which has […]