Management Turnover as Change Agent

Monday, November 11, 2013

October Executive Turnover Defies Analyst Expectations

Liberum's executive turnover data for October 2013 appeared a bit more positive for the American economy than the previous month of September.  Three out of the four key executive turnover categories (CEOs, CFOs, C-level Execs and Board of Directors) saw percentage increases from the same month a year earlier and from the previous month of September 2013.  The more positive trend for October, however, was not evidenced in the latest monthly employment numbers released last week by ADP's October Employment Report.   

According to the ADP October Employment Report:

"According to ADP National Employment Report findings, the U.S. private sector added a total 
of 130,000 jobs during the month of October, well below the average of the last twelve months,” 
said Carlos Rodriguez, president and chief executive officer of ADP. "Small business growth 
was down from the previous month, while payrolls among large enterprises showed an 
increase." 
Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, said, "The government shutdown and debt 
limit brinkmanship hurt the already softening job market in October. Average monthly growth 
has fallen below 150,000. Any further weakening would signal rising unemployment. The 
weaker job growth is evident across most industries and company sizes.” 
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its employment numbers last Friday, a week late due to the recent government shutdown.  Liberum analysis of our executive turnover totals has coincided more closely with the BLS' latest numbers which were much better than those reported by ADP and originally expected by most analysts.

 Below is a breakdown of Liberum's key executive category percentage changes for October 2013 compared with October a year earlier and the previous month of September 2013.   
  • For October 2013 CEO changes declined 3% from a year earlier, CFO changes increased 17%, overall C-level (as defined by Liberum Research as board of directors, CEOs, CFOs down to corporate VPs) changes increased 10% and board of director changes increased 5% as compared with October 2012 totals. 
  • The month to month change in executive turnover (September 2013 to October 2013) showed a somewhat similar picture with no change in CEOs, CFO changes increased 6%, overall C-level changes increased 16% and board of director changes increased 22%, respectively.       
Below are the overall turnover totals for October: 
KEY CEO CHANGES - OCTOBER 201332 COMPANIES WITH CEO CHANGES WORTH RE-EXAMINING 
According to Liberum's Management Change Database, a total of 210 CEO related changes occurred during October 2013. Here are 32 from the time period that caught my eye.  By significant, I'm looking for situations where I think a particularly strong or weak choice has been made - given the apparent current state of the company - or where there is an interesting special situation. 

DATE   COMPANY TICKER  EXCHANGE  MARKET CAP $ MILLIONS    
10-02 Altair Nanotech, Inc.  ALTI  NASDAQ  30
10-02 Ener Core Inc   ENCR   OBB  106
10-02 Pyramid Oil Co    PDO  NYSE   25
10-03 United Online, Inc.   UNTD  NASDAQ  739
10-04 Farmers National  FMNB  NASDAQ  116
10-06 Basic Energy Srvcs.  BAS  NYSE  510
10-06 Blacksands Petrol  BSPE  OTN  36
10-08 Det Norske   DETNF  OTN  1885
10-09 Cognitiv Inc   COGV  OTN  188
10-09 Wave Systems Corp   WAVX  NASDAQ  42
10-10 Arcis Resources C  ARCS  OTN  2
10-10 Lyris Inc   LYRI  OTN  12
10-11 American Railcar   ARII  NASDAQ  859
10-14 Burberry Group Pl  BURBY  OTN  10113
10-15 Superior Indust Int'l   SUP  NYSE  499
10-15 Ucp Holdings, Inc  UCPH  OTN  12
10-16 Circa Enterprises   CTO Canada  4
10-16 Citrix Systems, Inc.  CTXS  NASDAQ  10619
10-16 Usell.Com Inc  USEL  OTN  22
10-17 Cca Industries, I   CAW  NYSE  22
10-17 McDermott International  MDR  NYSE  1786
10-21 Dussault Apparel  DUSS  OTN  424
10-24 Ixia  XXIA   NASDAQ  1123
10-24 Maxwell Tech. Inc.   MXWL  NASDAQ  239
10-25 Lassonde Industri LAS-A.TO 649
10-25 VirtualScopics, Inc. VSCP 13
10-28 Lorus Therapeutic  LOR  TOR  13
10-28 Sed International  SED  NYSE  5
10-29 AZZ incorporated   AZZ  NYSE  1136
10-30 Randstad Holding  RANJF  OTN  9676
10-30 Teva Pharmaceutical Ind   TEVA  NYSE  32600
10-31 Maxcom Telecom Ad  MXT  NYSE  205
OCTOBER 2013 MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
C-LEVEL MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 1486
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Drugs/Biotech - 146> Energy - 120
> Metals/Mining - 89

OCTOBER 2013 CEO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 210
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Drugs/Biotech - 22> Energy - 21
> Banking - 13

OCTOBER 2013 CFO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 210
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Drugs/Biotech - 21
> Metals/Mining - 20
> Energy - 17

OCTOBER 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTOR CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 514
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Drugs/Biotech - 60
> Energy - 55
> Metals/Mining - 39

Investors need to diligently monitor key management changes. Certain management changes should be viewed as a "special situation" that can have a direct and major impact on a company's performance and share price.
  • New CEOs know more than the market about the company.  Their decision to take the position contains information.  Likewise the departing CEO. 
  • Likewise departing CFOs New CEOs will bring new skills and often-times a new direction.  This is normally significant, and worth analyzing.

Friday, October 4, 2013

3rd Quarter Executive Turnover Unsettling

The latest quarterly and monthly executive turnover results have been a bit confusing with regard to the American and Canadian economies.  Both third quarter and September executive turnover totals for CEOs, CFOs, C-level executives (board of directors down to VP level) and board of director changes have been inconsistent when compared on a year to year, month to month and quarter to quarter basis.  Liberum's analysis is further complicated by the latest government closings which will undoubtedly impact this coming Friday's Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Report.  The BLS' Employment Report, even if the government is reopened in time, due to the vagaries of the government closing, will not be accurate or will not be released.  
Overall, Liberum's latest monthly and quarterly executive turnover totals show an economy recovering but still facing a number of uncertainties. This conclusion is reaffirmed by ADP's September Private Employment Report which was released this morning and was below what analysts had anticipated.  According to the ADP Report:
Private sector employment increased by 166,000 jobs from August to September

Liberum has put together below a quarterly breakdown of executive turnover totals for CEOs, CFOs and C-level executives covering North America from 2008 through this last quarter.  
Below is a simple table outlining the quarterly turnover totals as registered through Liberum's Management Change Database for 2008 through the second quarter of 2013 for CEO, CFO and overall C-level turnover.  To get more extensive turnover details contact Liberum.  

 Total CEO Turnover Comparisons   
             
 Year 2008    2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 
1st Quarter 745491 388346 680 583 
 2nd Quarter596 380321 581665 619 
 3rd Quarter533409298713 636627
 4th Quarter461430328697 673
 Annual Total2,3351,7101,3352,337 2,654        1,829
 Total CFO Turnover Comparisons 
                 
 Year 2008    2009 2010 2011 2012  2013
1st Quarter 593 332 296 280 640 495 
 2nd Quarter551 326 273 404612 557 
 3rd Quarter438 279 256629 598582
 4th Quarter364 313  258   476569
 Annual Total1,9461,250 1,0831,789 2,4191,639
 Total C-level Turnover Comparisons
 Year 2008    2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 
1st Quarter 6735 4061 34532863 5442 3971 
 2nd Quarter7430 5051 3199 404150364102 
 3rd Quarter4865 3690 25225349 42354123 
 4th Quarter4277 3439  2381   4596 4197
 Annual Total23,307 16,241 11,55516,849 18,91012,196
 

The quarterly trend for key executives (above) illustrates a continuiing concern for the North American economy.  

The latest monthly comparison figures with regard to executive turnover for September 2013 with those of September 2012 and August 2013 and September 2013 are as follows:  
  • CEO turnover for September 2013 increased 12% from that of September 2012, CFO turnover declined 3%, overall C-level turnover declined 1% and Board of Director turnover increased 9%.  
  • The month to month change from August 2013 to September 2013 showed an increase of 2% for CEOs, a decline of 3% for CFOs a decline of 11% for C-level changes and a decline of 19% for board of director changes.  
In the below report, Liberum has focused on an unusually large fifty four CEO changes of special significance for the month of September.  We have also put together the overall turnover figures for the month of September 2013.  The below information is just illustrative of how investors could view executive turnover and its possible relationship with a company's performance. The same could be done for CFOs, COOs, Presidents, Chairmans etc. just through our database.

DATE       COMPANY   TICKER    EXCHANGE   MARKET CAP $ MILLIONS
09-03 Antaga Intl Corp   ANTR  TOR  54
09-03 ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd.  CKSW  NASDAQ  216
09-03 Morgans Hotel Group Co.  MHGC  NASDAQ   227
09-03 Nokia Corporation (ADR)  NOK  NYSE  19006
09-03 Reachlocal, Inc.  RLOC  NASDAQ  319
09-04 Active Health Foo  AHFDD  OBB  131
09-04 VIVUS, Inc.  VVUS  NASDAQ  1055
09-05 Rcs Capital Corpo  RCAP  NYSE  39
09-06 Chembio Diagnosti  CEMI  NASDAQ   31
09-06 First Potomac Realty Trust  FPO  NYSE  750
09-09 8x8, Inc.  EGHT  NASDAQ   716
09-09 American Ecology Corporation  ECOL  NASDAQ   513
09-09 Communications Systems, Inc.  JCS  NASDAQ   101
09-09 Sharprock Resourc  SHRK  OTN  846
09-09 The Timken Company  TKR  NYSE  5930
09-10 Invivo Therapeuti  NVIV  OTN  110
09-10 Pure Bioscience  PURE  OTN  12
09-11 CoBiz, Inc.   COBZ  NASDAQ    367
09-11 iGATE Corporation  IGTE  NASDAQ   1533
09-11 Pandora Media, In   P  NYSE  3772
09-11 Selective Insurance Group  SIGI  NASDAQ   1332
09-12 Renal Care Group, Inc.   RCI  NYSE  21414
09-13 Golden Global Cor  GLDG  OTN  383
09-13 Poly Shield   SHPR  OBB  107
09-13 Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.   STP  NYSE  230
09-16 Danske Bk a/S Bea  DNSKY  OTN  22572
09-16 Esterline Technologies Corporation  ESL  NYSE  2567
09-16 Terra Nitr Co Com  TNH  NYSE  3828
09-17 Thompson Crk Mtls  TC  NYSE  609
09-18 Acusphere Inc  ACUSD  OTN  3
09-18 Amarok Resources  AMOK  OTN  909
09-18 CyberOptics Corporation  CYBE  NASDAQ   44
09-18 Discovery Holding Company  DISCA  NASDAQ   28928
09-18 Electronic Arts I  EA   NASDAQ   8248
09-19 Atlantic Coast Federal Corporation  ACFC  NASDAQ  10
09-19 Efftec Intl Inc  EFFI  OTN  269
09-19 Emed Mining Publi  EMD  TORONTO  148
09-19 Horace Mann Educators Corporation  HMN  NYSE  1097
09-19 Rare Earth Minera  REM  LONDON
09-20 Actinium Pharma  ATNM  OTN  131
09-20 Magellan Health Services, Inc.  MGLN  NYSE  1577
09-23 Bison Petroleum C  BISN  OTN  31
09-23 Globalscape Inc  GSB  NYSE  29
09-23 Mfa Mtg Invts Inc   MFA  NYSE  2694
09-23 Mood Media Corpor  MM  TORONTO  113
09-23 VAALCO Energy, Inc.  EGY  NYSE  309
09-23 Weis Markets Inc  WMK  NYSE  1358
09-24 Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.  DO  NYSE  8843
09-24 Senomyx Inc.  SNMX  NASDAQ  141
09-24 VeriFone Holdings, Inc.  PAY  NYSE  2488
09-26 Ata Inc.  ATAI  NASDAQ  115
09-26 Webster Financial Corporation  WBS  NYSE  2298
09-30 Active Power, Inc.  ACPW  NASDAQ  56
09-30 Albemarle & Bond  ABM  LONDON

SEPTEMBER 2013 MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
C-LEVEL MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 1285
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Drugs 
- 123
> Banking - 109
> Energy - 89
SEPTEMBER 2013 CEO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 211
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS

> Energy - 22
> Drugs/Biotech - 19
> Metals/Mining- 16
SEPTEMBER 2013 CFO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 198
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS

> Drugs/Biotech - 21
> Banking - 15
> Energy - 14
> Metals/Mining - 14
SEPTEMBER 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTOR CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 422
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS

> Drugs/Biotech - 51
> Metals/Mining - 32
> Business Services - 25
> Telecom - 25

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

August's Tepid Executive Turnover Raises Concerns

Liberum's executive turnover data for August 2013 showed a somewhat confusing trend for the American economy.  All four key executive turnover categories (CEOs, CFOs, C-level Execs and Board of Directors) saw percentage declines from the same month a year earlier yet, August saw increases in each of the four key categories from the previous month of July 2013.  The somewhat confusing trend for August was also seen in the latest monthly employment numbers released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and ADP's August Employment Report.  August's Liberum Research's executive turnover data trended closely with the August monthly Employment Data released from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and from ADP's August Employment Report.  Despite August's tepid numbers, Liberum expects excutive turnvoer to trend upward as we move into the fall.

According to the BLS August Employment Report released September 6th, which was not as good as Analysts expected,:

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 169,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.3 percent...

The same was true for ADP's 2013 August Employment Report released on September 5th reported:

Private sector employment increased by 176,000 jobs from July to August...
Below is a breakdown of Liberum's key executive category percentage changes for August 2013 compared with August a year earlier and the previous month of July 2013.   
  • For August 2013 CEO changes declined 13% from a year earlier, CFO changes declined 5%, overall C-level (as defined by Liberum Research as board of directors, CEOs, CFOs down to corporate VPs) changes declined 6% and board of director changes declined 3% as compared with August 2012 totals. 
  • The month to month change in executive turnover (July 2013 to August 2013) showed a somewhat different picture with an 8% increase in CEOs, CFO changes increased 25%, overall C-level changes increased a mere 2% and board of director changes increased 14%, respectively.       
Below are the overall turnover figures for August.  
KEY CEO CHANGES - AUGUST 201367 COMPANIES WITH CEO CHANGES WORTH RE-EXAMINING 
According to Liberum's Management Change Database, a total of 206 CEO related changes occurred during August 2013. Here are a whopping 67 from the time period that caught my eye.  By significant, I'm looking for situations where I think a particularly strong or weak choice has been made - given the apparent current state of the company - or where there is an interesting special situation. 

DATE   COMPANY TICKER  EXCHANGE  MARKET CAP $ MILLIONS    
08-01 Globalwise Invest  GWIV   OBB  5
08-01 The Marcus Corporation   MCS NYSE  355
08-01 Weight Watchers Int'l, Inc. WTW  NYSE  2152
08-02 Elite Pharma Inc ELTP   OBB
08-02 Liposcience, Inc.  LPDX   NASDAQ  78
08-02 Rock-Tenn Company RKT NYSE  8451
08-05 Patapsco Bancorp  PATD OBB  5
08-07 Bacterin Internat   BONE  NYSE  26
08-07 Groupon, Inc.   GRPN  NASDAQ  7026
08-07 Murphy Oil Corp  MUR  NYSE  13191
08-07 Selectica, Inc.   SLTC   NASDAQ  21
08-08 Islet Sciences, I  ISLT   OTN  25
08-08 Red Lion Hotels Corp   RLH   NYSE  116
08-08 Shoretel, Inc.   SHOR  NASDAQ  259
08-08 Standex Int'l Corp.   SXI  NYSE  760
08-08 Thompson Crk Mtls  TC   NYSE  582
08-09 American Woodmark Corp   AMWD   NASDAQ  494
08-09 Merge Technologies Inc   MRGE   NASDAQ  231
08-09 Semgroup Corporat   SEMG   NYSE  2316
08-09 United Community Fin Corp   UCFC   NASDAQ  178
08-12 Lot78, Inc LOTE   OTN  71
08-13 Liberty Energy Co   LBYE OTN  4
08-14 American Stad Ene  ASEN  OTN  12
08-14 Pure Bioscience   PURE  OTN  10
08-14 Silverstar Mining   SLVM  OTN  446
08-15 Global Digital So   GDSI   OTN  31
08-15 Jbi, Inc.   JBII   OTN  36
08-15 LTC Properties, Inc.  LTC   NYSE  1269
08-15 Sync2 Networks Co  SYNW   OTN  721
08-15 The First Marblehead Corp   FMD  NYSE  175
08-16 A.P. Pharma, Inc.  APPA   OBB  129
08-16 Start Scientific   STSC  OTN  109
08-18 Catalyst Paper   CYSTF   OTN  15
08-19 United Silver Cor   USCZF   OTN  2
08-19 Yancoal Australia   YACAF   OTN  875
08-20 Agricon Global Co   AGRC  OTN  11
08-20 Bae Systems   BA  LSS  143
08-20 Smtp Inc   SMTP   OBB  15
08-20 Washington   REIT   WRE NYSE  1625
08-21 Central European Media   CETV  NASDAQ  584
08-21 Ssh Communication  SCSYF   96
08-21 Vestas Wind Syste  VWS  FRA
08-21 Viewcast.Com  VCST  OBB  4
08-22 Invivo Therapeuti   NVIV   OBB  310
08-22 Lsl Property Serv   LSLPF  OTN  737
08-22 Skyline Medical I   SKLN   OTN  36
08-23 Green Mountain Coffee Roasters  GMCR   NASDAQ  13063
08-23 Microsoft Corporation    MSFT   NASDAQ  275100
08-23 Sierra Vista Bank  SVBA  OTN  9
08-23 Solar Power, Inc.  SOPW  OTN  20
08-23 Solta Medical, In   SLTM  NASDAQ  171
08-23 Zumtobel Ag   ZMTBF  OTN  518
08-26 Blackbaud, Inc.  BLKB  NASDAQ  1619
08-26 Echo Therapeutics  ECTE  NASDAQ  26
08-26 Integrated Device  IDTI  NASDAQ  1335
08-26 John Bean Tech Co  JBT  NYSE  684
08-26 Nexus Enterprise   NXES  OTN  5
08-26 Wesdome Gold Mine  WDO  TOR  71
08-27 Harvard Bioscience, Inc.   HBIO  NASDAQ  151
08-27 Monarchy Resource  MONK  OBB  6
08-28 Insignia Systems,  ISIG NASDAQ  34
08-28 Waters Corporatio   WAT   NYSE  8397
08-29 On the Move Sys C  OMVS   OTN  4
08-30 Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.  ALTI   NASDAQ  27
08-30 New Jersey Mining  NJMC   OTN  3
08-30 Psm Holdings Inc   PSMH  OBB  12
08-30 Redfin Network In  RFNN   OTN  340
AUGUST 2013 MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
C-LEVEL MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 1440
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Banking - 119
> Metals/Mining - 112
> Drugs/Biotech - 111



AUGUST 2013 CEO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 206
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
>MetalsMining - 24
>Drugs/Biotech - 21
>Energy - 20



AUGUST 2013 CFO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 205
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
>Metals/Mining - 25
>Drugs/Biotech - 23
>Banking - 17
>Energy - 17




AUGUST 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTOR CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 524
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
>Metals/Mining - 54
>Drugs/Biotech - 36
>Energy - 36




Monday, June 10, 2013

May Executive Turnover Continues Trending Positive - Investment Ops Grow

Liberum's executive turnover data for May 2013 was quite similar to April 2013's data.  The overall executive turnover level was reasonably positive and while it still continues to have areas for concern, it remains a positive indicator for the Amercian economy.  All four key executive turnover categories (CEOs, CFOs, C-level Execs and Board of Directors) saw percentage declines from the same month a year earlier but May saw a reasonable increase from April 2013 in overall executive turnover for three out of the four key categories (CEO change total remained nearly the same) which remains a positive sign for the economy and was similar to the trend Liberum observed for April 2013 as compared to March 2013.  Liberums exexecutive data successfully predicted both May's ADP Employment Report and the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics May Employment Report which were both predicted by most pundents to be somewhat negative..

Below is a breakdown of the key executive category percentage changes for May 2013 compared with May a year earlier and the previous month of April 2013.   
  • For May 2013 CEO changes declined 8% from a year earlier, CFO changes declined 4%, overall C-level (as defined by Liberum Research as board of directors, CEOs, CFOs down to corporate VPs) changes declined 13% and board of director changes declined 5% as compared with May 2012 totals. 
  • The month to month change in executive turnover (April 2013 to May 2013) showed a slightly different picture with a 0% change in CEOs, CFO changes increased 12%, overall C-level changes increased 10% and board of director changes increased 18%, respectively.       
Below are the overall turnover figures for May.  The information is just illustrative of how institutional investors could view executive turnover and its possible relationship with a company's performance.  Using Liberum's database could offer a totally new perspective on investment.  

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KEY CEO CHANGES - MAY 201331 COMPANIES WITH CEO CHANGES WORTH RE-EXAMINING 
According to Liberum's Management Change Database, a total of 223 CEO related changes occurred during May 2013. Here are 31 from the time period that caught my eye.  By significant, I'm looking for situations where I think a particularly strong or weak choice has been made - given the apparent current state of the company - or where there is an interesting special situation. 

DATE   COMPANY TICKER  EXCHANGE  MARKET CAP $ MILLIONS
05-01 Gryphon Gold Gorp   GYPH  OBB
05-01 Symmetricom, Inc.   SYMM  NASDAQ
05-02 Agere Systems, Inc.   AGR  
05-02 First Data Corporation   FDC  
05-02 Intel Corporation   INTC  NASDAQ   119300
05-02 Thq Inc.   THQIQ  OTN  206
05-03 Big Lots Inc.   BIG  NYSE  2134
05-07 Liberty Energy Co   LBYE  OTN  7
05-07 WebMD Health Corp.   WBMD  NASDAQ  1420
05-08 Bg Medicine, Inc.   BGMD  NASDAQ
05-08 Fusion-Io, Inc. C   FIO  NYSE  1478
05-09 Carbon Sciences,   CABN  OTN
05-10 A.P. Pharma, Inc.   APPA  OBB  134
05-15 Harvard Bioscience, Inc.   HBIO  NASDAQ  156
05-16 Eastman Chemical Company   EMN  NYSE  11448
05-17 Bar Harbor Bankshares   BHB  NYSE  140
05-17 Helmer Directiona   EXLA   180
05-18 Capital Southwest Corp.   CSWC  NASDAQ  521
05-20 Chesapeake Energy Corporation   CHK  NYSE  14021
05-20 SMTC Corporation (USA)   SMTX  NASDAQ  33
05-20 Vision-Sciences, Inc.   VSCI  NASDAQ  49
05-21 Alternative Energ   AEGY  OBB  623
05-21 Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.   FBC  NYSE  767
05-21 Protext Mobility   TXTM  OTN  764
05-22 iGATE Corporation   IGTE  NASDAQ  821
05-23 Forest Laboratories, Inc.   FRX  NYSE  10365
05-23 The Procter & Gamble Company   PG  NYSE  224400
05-24 Apollo Group, Inc.   APOL  NASDAQ  2364
05-24 Gleacher & Compan   GLCH  NASDAQ  84
05-29 Cannabis Science   CBIS  OTN  31
05-30 Tessera Technologies, Inc.   TSRA  NASDAQ  1105
 
MAY 2013 MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
C-LEVEL MANAGEMENT CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 1512
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Banking - 171> Drugs/Biotech - 120
> Energy - 108

MAY 2013 CEO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 223
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Banking - 25> Drugs/Biotech - 20
> Energy - 20

MAY 2013 CFO CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 212
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
Banking  - 17
> Drugs/Biotech - 17
> Metals/Mining - 14

MAY 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTOR CHANGE STATISTICS
GRAND TOTAL - 542
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS
> Drugs/Biotech - 62
> Energy - 55
> Banking - 46

Investors need to diligently monitor key management changes. Certain management changes should be viewed as a "special situation" that can have a direct and major impact on a company's performance and share price.
  • New CEOs know more than the market about the company.  Their decision to take the position contains information.  Likewise the departing CEO. 
  • Likewise departing CFOs New CEOs will bring new skills and often-times a new direction.  This is normally significant, and worth analyzing.
Liberum Research, the independent research firm focused on corporate management change, has developed an online relational database designed to assist institutional investors develop special situation investment ideas related to executive management change. While special situation investing traditionally revolves around corporate restructuring, spin-offs and acquisitions, executive management changes, depending on the circumstances, can represent a short or long-term investment opportunity. 

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The largest database of C-level executive change at public companies.  Frequently quoted in the financial press, Liberum helps investors monitor this important, continuous stream of investment events.  The data is also useful for investment bankers, private equity, executive search and consulting firms.  The data can be used in numerous ways. Daily customizable alerts, a searchable database, custom reports, xml feeds.   Liberum clients get the data the way they can best exploit it.  Get a short trial.  And be sure to check out our management change blog.