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Another case of the #CuckooStrategy in action. Trafigura ’s playbook is becoming painfully familiar: leverage special situations emerging...

The classic 'principal-agent problem' played a central role in the Nyrstar case. Kris Vansanten describes how board members and legal...

How do you commit a hold-up on a publicly traded company in Belgium? By applying a cuckoo strategy, as this video explains in less than...

'The biggest robbery in Belgian industrial history' is how Le Vif magazine describes Trafigura's role in the takeover of Nyrstar's...

“The greatest hold-up in Belgian industrial history” — that is how the magazine Le Vif describes Trafigura’s role in the acquisition of...

A true David versus Goliath story. The small shareholder against one of the most powerful companies in the world, Trafigura, which turns...

"The protection of minority shareholders and the strengthening of the Belgian capital market require well-founded analysis and policy....

Pleadings were held yesterday before the Turnhout District Court for the appointment of a provisional administrator at Nyrstar NV. The...

Is Nyrstar really suffering a $300 million loss due to historically low zinc processing wages, as a recent article in De Tijd seems to...

The court in Turnhout has postponed the appointment of a provisional administrator for Nyrstar pending the results of the investigations...

A major victory in our fight for better protection for minority shareholders! Today marks an important milestone in our ongoing fight for...

Yesterday, the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives held a hearing on strengthening the position of minority shareholders in...

The Public Prosecution Service is now retracing its steps and has opened a new investigation. Antwerp Courthous e - © Fred Romero The...

When the grown-ups talk, the little ones must be silent. This was a familiar scene at many family tables for a long time. In the business...

Rik Van Cauwelaert's column is spot on. 'The Belgian judiciary has a regrettable shortcoming: it is no longer able to resolve financial...

The minority shareholders of Nyrstar NV submitted a claim against  Deloitte  for its role in enabling and covering up the allegedly...

Biocartis is yet another Belgian listed company in trouble that is disappearing from the Brussels stock exchange, at a time when the...

As a result of our battle against the allegedly fraudulent restructuring (read: "acquisition") by  Trafigura  of  Nyrstar , minister of...

At Nyrstar’s annual general meeting, the masks came off. Nyrstar’s proposal to nominate Mr. Taeymans as an independent director, along...

Here is some more colour to support my statement that the Nyrstar General Meeting was a demonstration of malgoverno. The Board of...