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4 Mar 2008, 8:11 am
On Feb. 29, U.S. [read post]
13 May 2009, 7:36 am
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is calling for the resignation of two Citigroup directors who apparently were reelected with the help of broker votes. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 6:03 am
The Dodd-Frank Act also requires companies to hold separate shareholder votes on “golden parachute” arrangements when they seek approval for mergers, sales, and other transactions. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 10:24 am
The battle between some issuers and shareholder activist John Chevedden rose to a new level recently when Apache Corp. filed suit against Chevedden in order to exclude his proposal asking the company to drop its supermajority voting hurdles in favor of a majority-of-votes cast standard. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 6:49 am
“Private ordering” continues to prompt change. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 11:09 am
Jacobs Engineering Group, which was the first S&P 500 company in 2011 to report a failed say-on-pay vote, received more than 96 percent support (based on shares present) for its compensation practices at its Jan. 26 annual meeting, according to a company filing. [read post]
19 Sep 2009, 9:42 pm
Organized crime has grown by leaps and bounds in the past decade, to what Glenny now estimates as 15% of the world's GDP. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 8:01 am
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]
6 Apr 2011, 12:30 pm
On Thursday, the U.S. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 2:25 pm
The Council of Institutional Investors (CII), which represents public, labor, and corporate pension funds, has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek additional judicial reconsideration of the federal appeals court decision that struck down the SEC's proxy access rule. [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 2012, 12:46 pm
The staff of the U.S. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 1:21 pm
As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, this year’s corporate proxy statements include a “say when” vote that asks investors to express their views on whether advisory votes on compensation should be held every year, every two years, or every three years. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 7:34 am
Earlier today, ISS announced that it has established a new Feedback Review Board, setting a new high water mark for transparency, openness, and responsiveness.The new Feedback Review Board (FRB) is designed to serve as a conduit for investors, issuers, and various market constituents to communicate with ISS. [read post]
19 May 2009, 10:31 am
In another high-profile protest over executive pay, Royal Dutch Shell shareholders rejected the company's remuneration report at today's annual meeting by a 59.4 percent to a 40.6 percent margin. [read post]
16 Dec 2010, 6:01 pm
In a notable no-action ruling, the staff of the SEC's Corporation Finance Division has allowed Navistar International to omit a proposal that seeks a shareholder vote on future executive severance benefits.In a Dec. 8 ruling, the SEC staff agreed with Navistar's argument that it had "substantially implemented" the proposal because it planned to disclose executive severance agreements in its 2011 proxy statement and those agreements would be part of the company's required… [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 1:32 pm
Submitted by Daniel Smith, Australian ResearchTwelve Australian ASX 300 companies have received a first "strike" under the new "two strikes" law in Australia that allows shareholders to oust directors if a company's remuneration report receives 25 percent or more "against" votes for two consecutive years.The controversial rule, which is part of an amendment to the Australian Corporation Act that went into effect July 1, requires companies to put a "spill"… [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 6:54 am
The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG), which represents pension funds and other institutional investors, is urging companies to move away from stock awards and to place a greater emphasis on "pay for performance. [read post]
18 Aug 2009, 10:03 am
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24 Sep 2008, 6:48 pm
As the global credit crisis continues, several European pension funds have temporarily stopped lending shares of financial companies to discourage short selling, while two U.S. mutual fund groups have halted any new share loans. [read post]
