Starting a new governance journey at Nuance
Wendy Cassity, executive vice president and chief legal officer at Nuance Communications, joined the company in late 2018 with a...
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Corporate access teams playing role in off-season engagement
As off-season shareholder engagement continues to rise, buy-side corporate access teams are stepping in to assist with the...
Comment: Take care when considering buybacks
Buybacks have undergone a meteoric rise since the turn of the 21st century, overtaking dividends as the preferred means to return...
Activism in a pandemic: Tampered appetites and the rise of climate activism
Companies across the US, Canada, continental Europe and the UK had something of a respite from shareholder activism this year. The...
SEC may ‘shelve’ 13F proposal, according to Bloomberg report
The SEC’s controversial proposal to relieve 89 percent of asset managers from filing quarterly ownership forms could be ‘shelved,’...
Investors miss field trips under Covid-19
Although the switch to virtual investor relations (IR) during the Covid-19 pandemic has brought a number of benefits, investor...
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The week in GRC: Major asset owners pledge carbon cuts, and FCC to clarify social media companies’ protection
– CNN reported that Alex Cruz was stepping down as chair and CEO of British Airways, which is owned by International Airlines...
Off-season engagement increases proxy backing, say half of US companies
Just over half of US companies – 52 percent – say their off-season engagement activities translate into increased support when it...
CII criticizes DoL fiduciary voting proposal
The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has urged the US government to drop a plan the group says would muzzle Employee...
Opposition to SEC’s 13F proposal builds as comment deadline passes
As the formal comment period for the SEC’s proposed changes to the 13F filing thresholds closed, the commission had received more...
