by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is a Chief Financial Officer? A chief financial officer also known as CFO refers to a senior executive financial managerial position in a company. An individual holding this position has the responsibility of overseeing all financial/accounting activities of the...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is an Activist Investor?An activist investor refers to an individual or group which buys large numbers shares owned by a public company and/or attempts obtaining seats on the company’s board with the aim of effecting a significant change within the company....
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is Self-Dealing? Self-dealing is an illegal conduct where a fiduciary takes advantage of his position and acts in his own best interest rather than that of his client or beneficiary. Self-dealing is an illegal act as it represents a conflict of interest, and can...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is Whitemail?Whitemail is a strategy that a target company can implement for stopping the hostile takeover. Under whitemail, the target organization issues a large number of shares at the prices prevailing below market rates, which are then offered to an amiable...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary?A subsidiary is a separate company that is owned by a larger (parent) company. If the parent firm owns between 51% to 99% of the company’s stock, the company is considered a “subsidiary”.What is a Wholly-Owned...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership
What is a Scorched-Earth Policy? Scorched earth policy is a termed derived from military language which refers to an act by retreating soldiers where they focused on destroying crops and plants to prevent the attackers from getting enough resources to survive in the...
