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10 Nov 2011, 7:39 am
Earlier today, the U.S. [read post]
8 May 2012, 2:21 pm
So far this year, investors have been more receptive to shareholder proposals that seek an independent board chair.These proposals have averaged 37.7 percent support (based on votes “for” and “against”) at 20 U.S. companies this proxy season, according to ISS Voting Analytics data, which includes meetings at Russell 3000 firms through May 4. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 9:19 am
Investor advocates said today that U.S. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 10:50 am
While most U.S. companies with early annual meetings have advised their investors to support triennial or annual advisory votes on executive compensation, a few issuers have made biennial recommendations. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 7:48 am
An institutional investor group is voicing concern over the U.S. [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 10:41 am
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission is allowing companies to omit a new AFL-CIO proposal that seeks to bar current or former CEOs from serving on the compensation committee. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 6:02 pm
A retail shareholder activist has filed a proxy access proposal at MEMC Electronic Materials, according to the U.S. [read post]
27 Sep 2007, 7:42 am
The House Committee on Financial Services plans to hold a hearing on the SEC's proxy access proposals on Sept. 27. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 10:44 am
The Council of Institutional Investors (CII), which represents public, labor, and corporate funds, has urged two prominent lawyers’ groups to support majority voting as the default legal standard for uncontested board elections. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 9:05 am
Now that Western Union has proposed to adopt proxy access, will other U.S. companies do the same? [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 1:23 pm
ISS' Securities Class Action Services has scheduled a webinar on the noteworthy Converium Holding AG case in the Netherlands. [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 9:00 am
At Hewlett-Packard this week, a proxy access proposal won 43 percent support from investors in the first vote on the issue this year. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 7:00 am
After decades of consideration, the U.S. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 7:30 pm
Ed Durkin, director of corporate governance at the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, said the union plans to petition the SEC to eliminate withhold votes as part of a new effort to prod U.S. companies to adopt majority voting for uncontested board elections. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 6:51 am
During a House of Representatives hearing on Tuesday, SEC chair Mary Schapiro said she would support legislation that would confirm the authority of the commission to issue a proxy access rule. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 1:48 pm
At its annual meeting on Tuesday, Citigroup reported that it failed to win majority approval from investors for its executive compensation practices. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 6:50 am
On June 12, U.S. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 10:08 am
In a setback for activist investors, a federal appeals court has struck down the Securities and Exchange Commission's controversial proxy access rule. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 7:27 pm
Earlier today, the U.S. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 2:11 pm
More than half of the largest 100 U.S. public companies now disclose their direct political spending and have adopted board oversight mechanisms, according to a new report from the Center for Public Accountability (CPA), a Washington-based group that coordinates shareholder proposals that seek more disclosure.On Friday, CPA released its report and a new index that ranks companies based on their political spending disclosure on their public Web sites. [read post]
