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10 Oct 2011, 8:22 am
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has released two reports on two important aspects of corporate governance that can influence long-term value creation. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 7:20 pm
As Congress debates the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, House Democrats are pushing for the U.S. government to require financial firms that receive assistance to hold annual "say on pay" votes on executive compensation, curb severance payouts, and provide for proxy access. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 9:03 am
With the shareholder-proposal filing season for 2012 corporate meetings under way, U.S. companies have begun submitting no-action requests with the Securities and Exchange Commission to exclude those resolutions.One of the first companies to seek such relief is Deere & Co., which has filed six no-action requests so far, according to the SEC's Web site. [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]
13 Mar 2012, 1:06 pm
Earlier today, New York City’s pension funds announced they had filed a proxy access proposal at Chesapeake Energy. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 9:19 am
Investor advocates said today that U.S. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 11:29 am
While no investors have publicly announced the filing of a proxy access proposal so far, governance observers expect that activists will submit at least a half dozen resolutions on this topic in 2012.Many observers expect to see proposals that are modeled on the SEC’s universal access rule, Rule 14a-11. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 11:38 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has delayed consideration of final proxy vote disclosure rules for institutions that are Form 13F filers. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 8:22 am
The U.S. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 6:34 am
On Monday, the U.S. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 11:43 am
During a hearing this week, most members of the U.S. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 12:30 pm
With the SEC's announcement this week that it won't seek review of a U.S. appeals court decision that blocked Rule 14a-11, companies won't be subject to federal access standards during the 2012 proxy season. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 6:24 am
Submitted by Ali Saribas, U.K. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 1:01 pm
In addition to all of its Dodd-Frank Act rulemaking, the U.S. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 2:03 pm
In response to investor demands, Apple told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting today that the board has agreed to adopt majority voting in director elections, according to news reports.The technology company originally opposed a majority voting resolution filed by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 4:07 am
Earlier today, ISS announced that Clearstream has launched an enhanced proxy voting service facilitated through ISS’ ProxyExchange™ platform.The new service brings together Clearstream’s expertise of Eurobonds, equities, fixed income and investment funds with ISS’ 26 years of corporate governance experience and its deep knowledge of local market proxy voting practices for both its International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) and Central Securities Depository (CSD) for… [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 10:02 am
Mary Schapiro, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said the SEC will propose several proxy access alternatives in May to allow shareholders to nominate director candidates to appear on management proxy statements. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 10:20 am
Yesterday's 50.3 percent investor vote at Bank of America for a binding independent chair proposal should provide more momentum for the shareholder campaign for this reform. [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]
15 Sep 2009, 8:08 am
During a speech to mark the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, President Barack Obama renewed his call for financial regulatory reform and shareholder votes on executive pay. [read post]
