Hillary Clinton’s attack on “quarterly capitalism” and Andy Haldane’s complaint that companies are investing too little and paying shareholders too much have revived an old question on both sides of the Atlantic: is corporate short-termism throttling capital spending and growth?
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Takeover, tender and hitting target prices
Simon Thompson highlights a takeover of one his small-cap plays, and a hefty cash return from another.
Simon Thompson