Shows
The DealDrinks With The Deal: Okapi's Goldfarb on Client Service, Firm LaunchBruce Goldfarb, CEO and president of Okapi Partners, discusses launching the proxy solicitor in 2008 and how the client service skills he learned working in his father's dry cleaning business are relevant on Wall Street.2025-05-0837 min
Bloomberg LawWill Trump Pay $83.3 MM Verdict & Activist Investors SuedFormer federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the path ahead before advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, can collect the $83.3 million verdict awarded against Donald Trump. Bruce Goldfarb, President & CEO of Okapi Partners, discusses ExxonMobil taking a novel path in trying to block activist shareholders. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-01-3037 min
Know Who Drives ReturnUniversal Proxy Cards: Okapi CEO Bruce Goldfarb on Who Wins and Who LosesBruce Goldfarb, CEO of Okapi Partners, joins David Drapkin to discuss the newly implement Universal Proxy Card process. Bruce and David discuss the changes and impacts including:How we got here and overview of changes?Will universal proxy leads to more activism?What it means for individual directorsAre there any ESG or DEI implications?Who are the winners and losers?Watch the video here: https://www.boardroomalpha.com/universal-proxy-with-bruce-goldfarb-okapi2022-09-1229 min
Know Who Drives ReturnOkapi's Bruce Goldfarb on Activism, the Rise of Retail, AMC, and SPACsBruce Goldfarb, CEO and Founder of Okapi Partners joins David Drapkin on the Know Who Drives Return podcast. Bruce goes deep on what he's seeing in recent proxy seasons, contested M&A, SPACs, AMC, and whether retail investors are good for the markets.Discussion DetailsWho is Okapi Partners?Themes of the current proxy seasonContested M&A situationsGetting SPAC deals passed, and retail investor baseRetail, reddit, and the individual investor dynamicAMC, Adam Aron and new retail strategyAre retail investors good for the markets?Director selection in activist situationsBruce Goldfarb Biography2021-10-1136 min
IR Voice - The investor relations podcastHow to not be an activist target: Ticker 102This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE.ESG issues are increasingly on the radar of both activists and big institutional investors. Top proxy solicitor Bruce Goldfarb, founder and CEO of Okapi Partners, says companies with strong shareholder communications and robust ESG policies are better positioned to deter or fend off an activist’s attack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-05-2139 minIR Voice - The investor relations podcastHow to not be an activist target: Ticker 102This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE.ESG issues are increasingly on the radar of both activists and big institutional investors. Top proxy solicitor Bruce Goldfarb, founder and CEO of Okapi Partners, says companies with strong shareholder communications and robust ESG policies are better positioned to deter or fend off an activist’s attack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-05-2139 min