Strong foundations
While NRG had one of the most challenging and outstanding years of its history, the reason the company took home the award for...
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Shareholders & activism archive
Thinking globally, acting locally
Fluor is a very interesting case. The judges said they found the multinational engineering and construction firm noteworthy not...
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The judges
Determining best practice in corporate governance is a difficult task. Each company faces different challenges, and therefore...
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Proxy season survival guide
The 2010 proxy season is shaping up to be one of the most active in memory. ‘The 2009 year was sheer chaos with shareholders...
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Getting out the vote
This last year has been one of urgent, high-level debates about financial regulatory reform, but policy makers have also put more...
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The times they are a-changing
Challenging times require a fresh approach to most things and, in response to the rapidly evolving regulatory framework and the...
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Proxy access: mututally assured destruction
The satirical English poet Alexander Pope once wrote that ‘a little learning is a dangerous thing’. The same can be said for a...
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Hope springs: 5th annual end of annual meeting season celebration
Anyone who has ever been caught in the middle of a contested proxy fight knows just how stressful an event it is. It is very easy...
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Proxy season shake-up 2009
With the 2009 proxy season drawing to a close, we asked a few experts for their key takeaways on shareholder activism and proxy...
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A Canadian shareholder revolution
For years, proxy battles rarely, if ever, cost top management or boards any sleep in Canada. Not only were battles rarely...
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