Shareholders & activism Shareholders target political spending Mar 09, 2011 By Jeff Cossette 6 min read Despite a strong company record on diversity, Minnesota-based retailer Target embroiled itself in a stew of controversy and... Read More
Shareholders & activism ISS: Improved investor engagement in sight Feb 22, 2011 By Aarti Maharaj 2 min read Approximately 87 percent of issuers responding to an online survey reported having engaged with shareholders at least once in the... Read More
Shareholders & activism Doing the math on proxy odds Feb 09, 2011 By Elizabeth Judd 7 min read In a poker game, if one player has a pair of twos and the other a pair of kings, who is more likely to win? Travis Dirks, managing... Read More
Shareholders & activism Say-on-pay votes: How to secure shareholder support Feb 06, 2011 By Janine Sagar 2 min read Interested in improving your company’s chances of securing shareholder say-on-pay support? Model your investor communications... Read More
Shareholders & activism FSBA reveals corporate governance finalists Dec 08, 2010 By Aarti Maharaj 2 min read The Florida State Board of Administration (FSBA) has named four finalists for providing the board with general corporate... Read More
Shareholders & activism Inside the mind of the corporate director Nov 29, 2010 By Brendan Sheehan 11 min read Confidence is one of the most important things in business. Management needs to feel confident that it understands the market, has... Read More
Shareholders & activism ISS finalizes 2011 proxy voting updates Nov 22, 2010 By Aarti Maharaj 3 min read Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has released the final version of its 2011 policy updates that expand on existing proxy... Read More
Shareholders & activism Setting ownership standards for submitting proxy proposals Nov 15, 2010 By Aarti Maharaj 2 min read The standards consist of a template letter that can be used by securities intermediaries to document their clients’ eligibility to... Read More
Shareholders & activism The debate about virtual shareholder meetings Nov 04, 2010 By Neil Stewart 12 min read It was a meeting about meetings, a webcast about webcasts, and a lot of the questions were about questions. Very meta.One day last... Read More
Shareholders & activism Susy Monteiro joins Phoenix Advisory, Canada as SVP Oct 28, 2010 By Brendan Sheehan 2 min read The turnover is the Canadian proxy solicitation space continued this week with the announcement that Susy Monteiro has joined... Read More