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6 May 2009, 10:59 am
Monks sat down with RiskMetrics Group's Governance Institute to discuss his campaign to install a separate chair at Exxon, and to detail his views on key issues now shaping the corporate governance landscape. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 7:10 pm
Today Ceres and the Investor Network on Climate Risk published a study, authored by RiskMetrics Group, titled, Climate Change and Corporate Governance: Consumer and Technology Companies. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 5:38 pm
A new RiskMetrics Group study, "Gilding Golden Parachutes: the Impact of Excise Tax Gross-Ups," by analyst Kosmas Papadopoulos, sheds light on a long obscured aspect of executive pay. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 8:28 am
Marc Siegel, RiskMetrics Group's Global Head of Financial Research and Analysis, will give insight into the key accounting and financial reporting trends in 2008 in a webcast on Friday, January 18 at 11 a.m. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 6:48 am
Speakers will include Anne Kelly, Director of Governance Programs for Ceres and Doug Cogan, Director of Climate Risk Management at RiskMetrics Group. [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 11:19 am
RiskMetrics Group has just published a new report, Infrastructure Funds: Managing, Financing and Accounting. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 8:11 am
The votes are further evidence that proposals seeking independent board chairs will fare better this season than in 2008, when those resolutions averaged 29.3 percent support, according to RiskMetrics Group data. [read post]
RiskMetrics (through ISS Governance Services) provides corporate governance data and we subscribe their Directors Data through WRDS:  RiskMetrics. [read post]
21 May 2010, 8:39 am by Alan Petrillo
”This is the prospect raised by “Canada’s Oil Sands: Shrinking Window of Opportunity,” a new RiskMetrics ESG Analytics report. [read post]
14 Nov 2007, 11:54 am
RiskMetrics Group just recently completed a report on Credit Card Master Performance Trusts. [read post]
22 May 2008, 6:24 am
This week RiskMetrics Group introduced a new research initiative that looks at the always complex issues surrounding executive compensation. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 7:49 am by Broc Romanek
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]
28 Oct 2009, 7:30 am by Shari Shapiro
 According to the RiskMetrics Group Blog, an earlier 2005 version of the document concluded that resolutions [about climate change risk] could be omitted under SEC Rule 14a-8 (i)(7) as ordinary business matters, not suitable for shareholder consideration, if they involve “an internal assessment of the risks or liabilities that the company faces as a result of its operations that may adversely affect the environment or the public’s health. [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 9:47 am
According to RiskMetrics Group records, 24 companies allowed shareholders to vote on cumulative voting resolutions last year, with just one proposal facing a challenge at the SEC. [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 5:16 pm
RiskMetrics Group, in coordination with the Sustainable Investment Research Analyst Network (SIRAN) and Walden Asset Management, today released the results from a second survey of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) disclosure among S&P 100 firms. [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 10:57 am
The vote at the company's June 25 annual meeting is the 19th majority result for a "say on pay" proposal at a U.S. company this year, according to RiskMetrics Group data. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 7:10 am
As the fallout from the tightening in residential mortgage lending and sub-prime segment continues to unfold, RiskMetrics Group's Financial Research and Analysis team continues to closely monitor the performance of credit card master trusts. [read post]