Shareholders & activism Would Comptroller Spitzer be good for governance? Jul 10, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 4 min read Eliot Spitzer, if he wins election as New York City’s next comptroller, could be in an interesting position to shine a brighter... Read More
Shareholders & activism Harvard group's board declassification campaign accelerates Jul 08, 2013 By Adam Brown 4 min read The campaign to move to annual election of board members, launched last year by a Harvard Law School-led team of shareholder... Read More
Shareholders & activism ProxyPulse argues for greater shareholder engagement Jul 08, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 4 min read The second edition of ProxyPulse, released on July 8, shows that companies that aren’t getting at least 70 percent approval for... Read More
Shareholders & activism ICGN panel debates value of investor activism Jun 30, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 5 min read Is activism by hedge funds with mainly shorter-term interests able to generate long-term benefits for companies and other... Read More
Shareholders & activism Millstein Governance Forum: debating disclosure of equity ownership Jun 24, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 4 min read Institutional investors now own nearly 75 percent of US public companies versus about 50 percent in 1950 and are much less... Read More
Shareholders & activism 2013 proxy season: webcast reviews first half Jun 19, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 4 min read Executive pay for performance and the disconnect between CEO compensation and returns to shareholders over the last one, three and... Read More
Shareholders & activism Broadridge and PwC release proxy voting trends report Jun 04, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 4 min read Broadridge Financial Solutions and PwC’s Center for Board Governance on June 4 released the first edition of ProxyPulse, which... Read More
Shareholders & activism Jamie Dimon keeps his dual role at JPMorgan May 21, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 3 min read Jamie Dimon scored a big win at JP Morgan Chase’s annual shareholders meeting on May 21, fending off an effort by activist... Read More
Shareholders & activism No vote results for JPMorgan's dissident shareholders May 16, 2013 By Garnet Roach 4 min read Investors seeking to divide the roles of chairman and CEO at JPMorgan – both currently held by Jamie Dimon – will no longer... Read More
Shareholders & activism ISS, Glass Lewis call for split of chairman, CEO at JPMorgan May 08, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 5 min read A year after belatedly disclosing the extent of its whale-sized trading losses in its synthetic credit portfolio and deficient... Read More