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20 Dec 2011, 4:55 am
Two years ago, ISS launched Governance Risk Indicators (GRId) as a new measure of governance-related risk. [read post]
16 Nov 2010, 8:44 am
New York City’s pension funds have filed a new shareholder proposal at Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo & Co. that ask each bank’s audit committee to conduct an independent review of mortgage servicing practices. [read post]
26 May 2011, 8:44 am
The number of failed U.S. pay votes at Russell 3000 companies has reached 25 after Talbots and Weatherford International Ltd. reported the results of their shareholder meetings. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 12:31 pm
Retail activist Ken Steiner has filed low-threshold proxy access resolutions at three more companies--Bank of America, Sprint Nextel, and Ferro Corp. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 9:08 am
During negotiations today on the financial reform bill, the U.S. [read post]
3 May 2011, 5:46 am
The number of failed U.S. advisory votes this year has reached a dozen after two Denver-based firms, Janus Capital Group and M.D.C. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 9:04 am
In another strong showing, a board declassification proposal won 78.4 percent support (based on “for” and “against” votes) at Smithfield Foods’ Sept. 21 annual meeting. [read post]
25 May 2010, 7:32 am
KeyCorp, an Ohio-based banking firm, received 55 percent investor opposition during an advisory vote on executive compensation at its May 21 annual meeting.The company is the first participant in the U.S. government's Troubled Asset Relief Program to get majority dissent over its pay practices. [read post]
12 Apr 2012, 10:18 am
Six U.S. companies--H.J. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 11:14 am
Walden Asset Management is asking Chevron and more than 30 other companies to consider appointing an independent board chair In letters to the companies, Tim Smith, senior vice president of Boston-based Walden, points to a recent policy paper prepared by the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management. [read post]
27 May 2011, 10:11 am
Constellation Energy Group is the latest S&P 500 firm to have its pay practices rejected by investors, according to news reports. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 1:31 pm
Forty-two large-cap companies have agreed to declassify their boards in response to shareholder proposals, according to Harvard Law School’s Shareholder Rights Project (SRP), which is coordinating this investor campaign. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 11:03 am
Earlier this week, ISS hosted webinars to discuss its 2012 European and U.S. policy updates. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 1:01 pm
In addition to all of its Dodd-Frank Act rulemaking, the U.S. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 2:03 pm
In response to investor demands, Apple told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting today that the board has agreed to adopt majority voting in director elections, according to news reports.The technology company originally opposed a majority voting resolution filed by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 4:07 am
Earlier today, ISS announced that Clearstream has launched an enhanced proxy voting service facilitated through ISS’ ProxyExchange™ platform.The new service brings together Clearstream’s expertise of Eurobonds, equities, fixed income and investment funds with ISS’ 26 years of corporate governance experience and its deep knowledge of local market proxy voting practices for both its International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) and Central Securities Depository (CSD) for… [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 10:02 am
Mary Schapiro, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said the SEC will propose several proxy access alternatives in May to allow shareholders to nominate director candidates to appear on management proxy statements. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 10:20 am
Yesterday's 50.3 percent investor vote at Bank of America for a binding independent chair proposal should provide more momentum for the shareholder campaign for this reform. [read post]
13 May 2009, 7:36 am
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is calling for the resignation of two Citigroup directors who apparently were reelected with the help of broker votes. [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 8:08 am
During a speech to mark the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, President Barack Obama renewed his call for financial regulatory reform and shareholder votes on executive pay. [read post]
