CII petitions SEC for universal proxy cards
In an age when people rely on the Internet for so many aspects of their daily lives, it seems antiquated to deny flexibility to...
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Shareholders & activism archive
Winning over the board at Timken
At global steel company Timken’s annual meeting in May, a proposal by pension fund CalSTRS and activist investment fund Relational...
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Proxy season: What’s in, what’s out
The 2013 proxy season was noteworthy for a sea change in shareholder engagement by companies. The main catalyst was increased...
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New ISS policies on CEO pay, overboarding, independent directors
Proxy advisory firm ISS will increase its scrutiny of directors’ response to majority-supported shareholder proposals in the US in...
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ISS targets new bylaw regarding director qualifications
In what could be seen as the opening salvo of proxy season 2014, ISS has recommended that Provident Financial Holdings...
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Value of shareholder activism debated at Georgetown-Financial Times forum
There aren’t enough appropriate activist targets to justify the proliferation of activist funds in recent years, Barry Rosenstein...
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Icahn’s new megaphone for shareholder activism
Is legendary investor activist and corporate raider Carl Icahn trying to claim the moral high ground on corporate governance with...
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Political disclosures: reaching the tipping point
Activist shareholders have been clamoring for years for greater disclosure on corporate political spending, and the 2013 proxy...
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Retail investors seen as key to firms struggling on say on pay, says ProxyPulse
Equity ownership among institutional investors rose two percentage points from 2012 to 67 percent of street shares, versus 33...
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Board members more tolerant of shareholder dissent
Corporate directors care less about the level of shareholder support for board members in elections this year as shareholders...
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