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
Shareholders & activism How to submit comments on SEC rulemaking Oct 28, 2010 By Neil Stewart 9 min read Given the huge number of new rules sprouting from the rubble of the financial crisis, an overtaxed SEC needs external input. And... Read More
Shareholders & activism Voting systems in focus as activism returns Oct 28, 2010 By Brendan Sheehan 8 min read What do 35 corporate secretaries, a couple of Chicago lawyers, an insurance expert, a communications professional and a proxy... Read More
Shareholders & activism NOBO reform and proxy advisor regulation top comment letter topics Oct 20, 2010 By Brendan Sheehan 4 min read Dear readers, Governance people are a relatively diverse bunch but one thing that is common among almost everyone in the field is... Read More