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22 Jan 2008, 8:20 am
The Ryland Group, a Calabasas, Calif. [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 10:32 am
" According to the RiskMetrics Group, the recent vote by Bank of America shareholders to separate the two positions is the first time that shareholders have forced an S&P 500 company to split the two posts. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 9:13 am
According to RiskMetrics Group, 91 directors at 49 US companies in the S&P 500 and Russell 3000 received less than majority support this past proxy season, nearly three times as much as in 2008. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 2:41 pm
"Simply put, the bear market mauled the 2008 proxy season," said Pat McGurn, special counsel for RiskMetrics Group's ISS Governance Services unit. [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]
2 Dec 2010, 2:14 am
Ted Allen notes in the RiskMetrics Governance Insight blog: The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) released a new report today that concludes that Wall Street's executive compensation practices have improved somewhat since the global financial crisis, but warns that major banks still are not tying pay to long-term gains in performance. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 3:46 pm
Labor officials told RiskMetrics that they expect that some companies will seek permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission to exclude these proposals on the basis that the firms have "substantially implemented" the requested reforms. [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 1:53 pm
During September, investors in 26 companies filed new federal lawsuits, according to RiskMetrics Group's Securities Class Action Services data as of Sept. 26. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 9:27 am
Also, RiskMetrics Group will hold its next What You Need to Know for 2008 webcast, Securities Litigation: What European Investors Need to Know, on Friday, March 14 at 14:30 GMT/15:30 CMT/10:30 a.m. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 7:36 am
” Paul Neuhauser, a long-time lawyer for church groups affiliated with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, told RiskMetrics at the time that he was “flabbergasted” by the ruling. [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 2:57 pm
Many shareholder activist groups, including RiskMetrics, provide guidelines regarding their considerations with respect to repricing. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 7:40 am
References: Summary of the discussion draft of the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009 Full text of the discussion draft of the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009 Press Release from the Senate Banking Committee: Bold Proposal to Create a Sound Economic Foundation to Grow Jobs, Protect Consumers, Rein in Wall Street, End Too Big to Fail, Prevent Another Financial Crisis Senator Dodd Introduces Financial Reform Bill by Ted Allen of the RiskMetrics Group… [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 1:23 pm
In addition to the financial firms, 23 companies have voluntarily agreed to hold annual pay votes, according to RiskMetrics Group data. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 7:59 am
Montelbano, Regional Vice President, Travelers Bond & Financial Products Jeremy Perler, Co-Head of CFRA Accounting Research, RiskMetrics Group Salvatore Pollaro, Executive Vice President, Zurich North America, Specialties The panel generally discussed the economic crisis and included a specific overview of the economy and its impact on the insurance industry. [read post]
12 Aug 2008, 3:00 pm
"When it comes to the tabulation of proxy votes, most investors don't even know what they don't know," said Pat McGurn, special counsel at RiskMetrics Group. [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]
10 Jun 2008, 11:07 am
With this group of cases, we can look at the data two ways. [read post]
29 Nov 2009, 11:30 am
As of September, RiskMetrics counted 91 directors at 49 U.S. companies that did not get above 50 percent support; this is a large increase from the 32 directors at 17 companies that fared similarly in 2008. [20] Interestingly, none of the 91 directors has resigned as a result; none of the companies had majority-vote standards, and though two companies had resignation policies, the boards decided to retain the directors that failed to receive majority support. [21] According to Proxy… [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 7:36 am
This story first appeared in the December issue of RiskMetrics Group's Corporate Governance Bulletin. [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]
