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17 May 2010, 5:09 am
RiskMetrics's ISS Reveals All: Full GRId Methodology Now Available A few weeks ago, RiskMetrics released a fuller explanation - a 193-page technical paper - about how their new GRId governance rating framework will work, updating the outline they issued back in March (here's ISS's 8-page summary of GRId). [read post]
7 May 2010, 7:53 am
The researched firms include Big Yellow, British Land, Great Portland Estates, Hammerson, Land Securities Group, Liberty International, SEGRO, Shaftesbury, and TR Property Investment Trust.There are two main components to our evaluation:1. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 3:26 pm
Since RiskMetrics Group dominates that select group, it will be the main beneficiary of reform. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 6:20 am
Finally, RiskMetrics Group changed its policies and voting guidelines to consider compensation-related risk… Read this entire article for free, activate your free 15 day trial access to Banking Report now. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 3:20 am
Finally, RiskMetrics Group changed its policies and voting guidelines to consider compensation-related risk… Read this entire article for free, simply activate your free 15 day trial access to Daily Tax Report now. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 2:41 am
According to the RiskMetrics’ Top 100 Settlements report (here), the $600 million Countrywide settlement would be tied for 13th largest securities settlement of all times. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 4:32 pm
It's a proxy advisory service that is now owned by RiskMetrics Group. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 11:17 am
The RiskMetrics Group has unveiled its annual report on how the top securities firms fared — the “SCAS 50,” as the good folks at RiskMetrics have branded it. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 6:21 am
Editor’s Note: Jeffrey Stein is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group at King & Spalding LLP. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 6:08 am
Adam Savett, the director of securities class-action services for RiskMetrics Group, a risk-management and research firm, says plenty of unknowns remain in a lot of cases, like whether defendants who lost motions to dismiss will try to settle or take their chances at trial. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 2:57 am
" How to Prepare for ISS' New GRId In this podcast, Ning Chiu of Davis Polk discusses how to prepare for RiskMetrics Group's new Governance Risk Indicators ("GRId"), including: - What is ISS' new governance rating service? [read post]
21 Mar 2010, 8:54 am
RiskMetrics Group has recently overhauled its core corporate governance yardstick. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 6:34 am
According to RiskMetrics Group, 91 directors at 49 US companies in the S&P 500 and Russell 3000 received less than majority support during the 2009 proxy season, nearly three times as much as in 2008. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 7:49 am
Among S&P 1500 firms, 52 percent now have declassified boards, up from 50 percent in 2008, according to RiskMetrics Group's forthcoming Board Practices study. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 4:42 am
Samples Available" - Delaware Law: How to Count Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes - Proxy Access: Seven Law Firms Comment on "Opt-Out" - Survey: Number of Investors Holding 1% of a Company's Stock - Suing for Attorney Fees: Causing Company to Add Proxy Disclosure - RiskMetrics Group Releases 2010 Proxy Season Watchlist - Broc Romanek [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 10:48 am
We will also discuss the outlook for shareholder proposals this year.Patrick McGurn, Special Counsel at RiskMetrics Group, will lead a discussion with other governance issue experts at RiskMetrics. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 10:29 am
-based companies have held voluntary “say on pay” votes or have agreed to do so, according to data collected by RiskMetrics Group’s ISS Governance Services unit. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 2:54 pm
MSCI, the investment analysis and market index company, will purchase RiskMetrics Group, a provider of risk management and corporate governance products and services, in a deal valued at $1.55 billion in cash and stock. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 4:23 am
MSCI, the investment analysis firm known for its MSCI international stock indexes, has inked a $1.55 billion to buy RiskMetrics Group in a cash-and-stock deal, Reuters reported. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 8:25 am
”This settlement is part of a “serious crackdown” on violators of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), says Jan Fetter-Degges, Manager of RiskMetrics Group’s Global Sanctions Service. [read post]
