Setting ownership standards for submitting proxy proposals
The standards consist of a template letter that can be used by securities intermediaries to document their clients’ eligibility to...
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Shareholders & activism archive
The debate about virtual shareholder meetings
It was a meeting about meetings, a webcast about webcasts, and a lot of the questions were about questions. Very meta.One day last...
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How to submit comments on SEC rulemaking
Given the huge number of new rules sprouting from the rubble of the financial crisis, an overtaxed SEC needs external input. And...
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Voting systems in focus as activism returns
What do 35 corporate secretaries, a couple of Chicago lawyers, an insurance expert, a communications professional and a proxy...
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Susy Monteiro joins Phoenix Advisory, Canada as SVP
The turnover is the Canadian proxy solicitation space continued this week with the announcement that Susy Monteiro has joined...
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NOBO reform and proxy advisor regulation top comment letter topics
Dear readers, Governance people are a relatively diverse bunch but one thing that is common among almost everyone in the field is...
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Proxy reform could save companies 50 percent
According to a report released by the Securities Transfer Association (STA), US corporate issuers could save between 40 percent...
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SEC delays proxy access
Proxy access may be off the table for 2011. In October the SEC announced that it has delayed the implementation of the newly...
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Canadian proxy business gets crowded
When it comes to Canadian proxy solicitors, how many is too many? Starting with the duopoly of Georgeson and Kingsdale just a few...
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Hidden equity transactions may become activist hotpoint in 2011
Dear readers, A lot of attention has been focused on executive compensation of late. The Dodd-Frank legislation has expanded the...
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