Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights September 13, 2018 Client Update In Advance of Roundtable, SEC Withdraws Letters on Investment Advisers’ Reliance on Proxy Advisory Firms for Voting Recommendations The SEC issued a statement today announcing that its Division of Investment Management has rescinded the letters issued in... September 5, 2018 Client Update The New York City Comptroller's Office Continues Focus on Board Matrices and Enhanced Disclosures on Board Recruitment and Board Evaluations The Office of the New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer (NYC Comptroller), as part of the Boardroom Accountability P... September 4, 2018 Client Update SEC Consider Capital Raising Enhancements, Including Concept Release on Exemptive Offerings In a recent speech, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said “To sum up my remarks in a sentence, we have taken a lot of steps inte... August 29, 2018 Client Update Vanguard Investment Stewardship Report Highlights the Investor’s Focus on the Major Components of ESG Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship Report for the year ended June 2018 reinforces its commitment to the four pillars: boa... August 22, 2018 Client Update State Street Stewardship Report Focuses on Key Themes In July, State Street released its 2017 global stewardship report. North America makes up 30% of its proxy voting but 67%... August 20, 2018 Client Update Senator Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act Modeled on the Public Benefit Corporation The Accountable Capitalism Act, introduced by Senator Warren, would require companies with more than $1 billion in revenue... August 14, 2018 Client Update ISS Detailed Policy Survey Addresses Independent Chair Proposals, Board Matrix and Compensation – Part II In additional to the high-level questions in its global policy survey which we previously discussed here, ISS also include... August 9, 2018 Client Update ISS Policy Survey Covers Possibility of Tracking Directors and Additional Audit Committee Evaluations – Part I The ISS annual global policy survey for 2018 includes only a few issues compared to prior years, but with more focus on th... August 6, 2018 Client Update What Corp Fin’s Two New Interpretations on Exempt Solicitations Tell Us At the end of July, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued two interpretations (known as CDIs) on notices of exemp... August 1, 2018 Client Update SEC Staff to Host Roundtable on the Proxy Process SEC staff will host a roundtable this fall to hear from issuers and investors about whether to change the proxy process. ... Load More
September 13, 2018 Client Update In Advance of Roundtable, SEC Withdraws Letters on Investment Advisers’ Reliance on Proxy Advisory Firms for Voting Recommendations The SEC issued a statement today announcing that its Division of Investment Management has rescinded the letters issued in...
September 5, 2018 Client Update The New York City Comptroller's Office Continues Focus on Board Matrices and Enhanced Disclosures on Board Recruitment and Board Evaluations The Office of the New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer (NYC Comptroller), as part of the Boardroom Accountability P...
September 4, 2018 Client Update SEC Consider Capital Raising Enhancements, Including Concept Release on Exemptive Offerings In a recent speech, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said “To sum up my remarks in a sentence, we have taken a lot of steps inte...
August 29, 2018 Client Update Vanguard Investment Stewardship Report Highlights the Investor’s Focus on the Major Components of ESG Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship Report for the year ended June 2018 reinforces its commitment to the four pillars: boa...
August 22, 2018 Client Update State Street Stewardship Report Focuses on Key Themes In July, State Street released its 2017 global stewardship report. North America makes up 30% of its proxy voting but 67%...
August 20, 2018 Client Update Senator Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act Modeled on the Public Benefit Corporation The Accountable Capitalism Act, introduced by Senator Warren, would require companies with more than $1 billion in revenue...
August 14, 2018 Client Update ISS Detailed Policy Survey Addresses Independent Chair Proposals, Board Matrix and Compensation – Part II In additional to the high-level questions in its global policy survey which we previously discussed here, ISS also include...
August 9, 2018 Client Update ISS Policy Survey Covers Possibility of Tracking Directors and Additional Audit Committee Evaluations – Part I The ISS annual global policy survey for 2018 includes only a few issues compared to prior years, but with more focus on th...
August 6, 2018 Client Update What Corp Fin’s Two New Interpretations on Exempt Solicitations Tell Us At the end of July, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued two interpretations (known as CDIs) on notices of exemp...
August 1, 2018 Client Update SEC Staff to Host Roundtable on the Proxy Process SEC staff will host a roundtable this fall to hear from issuers and investors about whether to change the proxy process. ...