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12 Feb 2008, 1:36 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission has granted requests by Bear Stearns, JP Morgan Chase, and three other companies to exclude proxy access proposals from investors. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 8:11 am
Independent chair proposals won 59 percent support at Weyerhaeuser and 42.5 percent support at Texas Instruments on April 16, according to proponents. [read post]
12 May 2009, 11:51 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to consider proposals to allow shareholders to nominate board candidates to appear on management proxy statements when the commission meets on May 20. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 12:32 pm
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20 Dec 2011, 7:14 am
Earlier today, ISS released a white paper, "Evaluating Pay for Performance Alignment: ISS’ Quantitative and Qualitative Approach," to accompany our new pay-for-performance proxy voting policy. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 9:36 am
In a significant no-action ruling, the Securities and Exchange Commission has turned down Citigroup’s request to omit a new proposal from New York City’s pension funds that seeks a report on the bank’s mortgage lending practices.The first-year proposal calls for an independent review by Citigroup’s audit committee of the bank’s internal controls related to loan modifications, foreclosures, and securitizations. [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 10:20 am
The AFL-CIO has launched its "2009 Executive PayWatch" Web site that highlights what the labor federation views as the 10 "worst" corporate pay practices. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 11:36 am
The shareholder campaign for advisory votes on executive pay received another boost last week when the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) endorsed the idea. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 8:57 am
Over the weekend, U.S. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 12:10 pm
Two compensation committee members at Nabors Industries received about 48 percent opposition at the company’s annual meeting on Tuesday, according to the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which waged a “vote no” campaign against the two directors. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 10:18 am
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and Relational Investors are threatening to wage a proxy fight at Occidental Petroleum over the oil company’s compensation practices and the board’s failure to abide by its retirement policy or announce a succession plan for its long-serving chief executive and chairman. [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 6:49 am
On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced several measures that seek to improve the rate of proxy voting by individual investors.The SEC finalized amendments to its so-called “e-proxy rules,” under which companies may send a notice about the online availability of proxy materials, instead of bearing the expense of mailing a full set of proxy materials to every investor. [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 1:53 pm
The recent upheaval in the U.S. financial industry has generated another flurry of securities class-action lawsuits. [read post]
6 May 2010, 2:13 pm
Senator Thomas Carper, a Democrat from Delaware, introduced amendments May 6 that seek to remove the proxy access and majority voting provisions from Senator Christopher Dodd's financial reform bill, which is now being debated on the floor of the U.S. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 10:18 am
U.S. lawmakers are to meet Thursday to start negotiating over the differences between the House and Senate bills on financial reform. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:19 pm
ISS has released its final 2011 U.S. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 7:06 am
While many large issuers have improved their governance practices in recent years, the practices at newly public companies--even those that aren’t controlled--have remained mostly unchanged, according to a recent report from the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell.The law firm surveyed the governance provisions of the 50 largest new companies (excluding controlled firms, real estate investment trusts, trusts, and blank check companies) that had initial public offerings between Jan. 1,… [read post]
17 May 2011, 7:53 pm
Five more U.S. companies have reported that they failed to receive majority support during their advisory votes on executive compensation. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 1:45 pm
It's been more than 14 months since the signing of the Dodd-Frank Act, which directed the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish a new Investor Advisory Committee.So far, the SEC has not publicly announced a timetable for creating this panel, and Commissioner Luis Aguilar and some investors are asking why. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 3:46 pm
The Laborers' International Union of North America and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are filing new proposals that seek compensation reforms at companies that participate in the U.S. [read post]
