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13 Oct 2023, 6:30 am
Boards To Separate Chair, CEO Roles Posted by Subodh Mishra, Institutional Shareholder Services, on Thursday, October 12, 2023 Tags: Board of Directors, Glass Lewis, S&P 500, Shareholder [read post]
22 Sep 2023, 6:30 am
Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, September 22, 2023 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of September 15-21, 2023 Financial Implications of Rising Political Risk in the US Posted by Stephen Davis (Harvard Law School), on Friday, September 15, 2023 Tags: C+C, CEOs, Presidential elections, US institutions In 2022, Corporate Time Horizons Shorten, Investors’ Lengthen Posted by… [read post]
20 Oct 2021, 6:13 am
Posted by Subodh Mishra, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Editor's Note: Maureen McCarthy is an ESG Analyst at ISS ESG, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 9:53 am
In a surprising reversal, the Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected a request for "no action" relief on a proposal calling for the reform of pay practices and a limit to senior executive compensation at companies receiving federal aid under the Capital Purchase Program of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 3:27 pm
A new shareholder proposal filed this week calls on The Hain Celestial Group to reincorporate to North Dakota in light of legislation there requiring companies to provide for an advisory vote on pay, majority voting in director elections, and other shareholder-friendly measures. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 7:52 am
U.S. and European regulators this week issued a report assessing the efficacy of risk management practices at major financial services firms during the recent period of market turmoil. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 5:05 pm
Sections 132 and 133 of the Senate bailout bill approved last night would authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission to suspend and to study alternatives to "mark-to-market" or "fair value" accounting. [read post]
27 Oct 2008, 3:11 pm
The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has ruled against a "no action" petition by foods group Hain Celestial to bar from its proxy statement a shareholder proposal calling for the company to reincorporate to North Dakota. [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 8:29 pm
The International Corporate Governance Network is calling on key global leaders to consider strengthened governance practices and greater shareholder rights as a means of helping to address the credit crisis. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 12:56 pm
In a move being lauded by financial institutions and others, the Securities and Exchange Commission today unanimously approved five separate proposals to curb the short selling of shares. [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 7:07 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance has denied a "no action" request by Pulte Homes to exclude a proposal on mortgage lending risks. [read post]
25 May 2010, 9:10 am
Shareholders of 21st Century Technology, a Surrey, England-based maker of CCTV monitoring systems for U.K. and European transport networks, today voted down the company's remuneration report, making it the third U.K. company to see majority opposition to an advisory pay vote resolution this year.Opposition likely stemmed from 2009 bonuses awarded to executives, though the company defended its pay practices, citing an increase in operating profit, a successful repositioning of business units,… [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 11:48 am
European Union lawmakers today approved new rules for credit ratings agencies designed to promote transparency and to help ensure such firms are free from conflicts of interest. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 4:08 am
ISS has released a new white paper, “Stocking Up: Post-Crisis Trends in U.S. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 8:36 am
Five years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was signed into law, U.S. corporate boards are far more independent and responsive to the governance concerns of shareholders, though observers may conclude more needs to be done in some key areas including diversity, according to an analysis of 1,245 S&P 1,500 companies in 2002, and 1,425 in 2007. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 10:39 am
Join ISS Governance Exchange members on Dec. 14 at 1:00 P.M. [read post]
22 Aug 2008, 8:16 pm
A federal appeals court today rejected a challenge from Nevada accounting firm Beckstead and Watts, and the pro-business Free Enterprise Fund, claiming that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is unconstitutional. [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 6:46 am
The 2008 U.S. proxy season could be one of the most contentious in recent memory following the Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to exclude proxy access proposals, and as shareholders continue to seek curbs on executive pay. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 9:29 am
More than a dozen U.S. hedge funds have sued Porsche and two former executives alleging the company misrepresented its intentions with respect to automaker Volkswagen, leading to a “short squeeze of historic proportions. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 7:26 pm
The SEC said Sept. 17 that it would move to prevent naked short sales of all publicly traded companies in a bid to calm jittery markets reeling from upheavals in the U.S. financial sector. [read post]
