Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights February 14, 2014 Client Update Conversation with Vanguard about Its Perspectives on Governance Understanding the views of major shareholders becomes critical as companies head into the proxy season. We are fortunate ... February 12, 2014 Client Update M&A Brokers Receive No-Action Relief from Broker-Dealer Registration The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets recently issued an important No-Action Letter that effectively permits “M&A ... February 12, 2014 Client Update M&A Brokers Receive No-Action Relief from Broker-Dealer Registration The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets recently issued an important No-Action Letter that effectively permits “M&A ... February 11, 2014 Client Update Proxy Advisory Firms’ Policy Positions on Director Compensation Glass Lewis recently announced a policy of voting against members of the corporate governance committee at companies that ... February 11, 2014 Client Update UPDATE: Broadridge Reverses Announced Change Regarding Interim Vote Tallies in Proxy Contests Last Thursday, Broadridge announced that it will change its procedures for reporting of interim voting results for proxy c... February 10, 2014 Client Update Changes to Proxy Mechanics Could Affect Proxy Contests Broadridge has announced a new policy that during proxy contests, each party will only receive the interim results of vote... February 10, 2014 Client Update Who Knew that CLOs were Hedge Funds? U.S. financial regulators found themselves on the receiving end of an outpouring of concern from lawmakers last Wednesday ... February 5, 2014 Client Update New ISS Policy Covers Novel Proposals on Proxy Vote Tallies and Vote Counting Methods A number of shareholder proposals this season are focused on aspects of proxy voting, leading ISS to adopt a new policy at... February 4, 2014 Client Update UK Financial Conduct Authority Consultation on Sponsor Competence On 30 January, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) issued a consultation paper (CP 14/2) on sponsor compete... February 4, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Grants Additional Time to Fix Shareholder Proposal Deficiencies The staff agreed that shareholder proposals at two companies, DTE Energy and NCR, could be excluded for failure to satisfy... Load More
February 14, 2014 Client Update Conversation with Vanguard about Its Perspectives on Governance Understanding the views of major shareholders becomes critical as companies head into the proxy season. We are fortunate ...
February 12, 2014 Client Update M&A Brokers Receive No-Action Relief from Broker-Dealer Registration The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets recently issued an important No-Action Letter that effectively permits “M&A ...
February 12, 2014 Client Update M&A Brokers Receive No-Action Relief from Broker-Dealer Registration The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets recently issued an important No-Action Letter that effectively permits “M&A ...
February 11, 2014 Client Update Proxy Advisory Firms’ Policy Positions on Director Compensation Glass Lewis recently announced a policy of voting against members of the corporate governance committee at companies that ...
February 11, 2014 Client Update UPDATE: Broadridge Reverses Announced Change Regarding Interim Vote Tallies in Proxy Contests Last Thursday, Broadridge announced that it will change its procedures for reporting of interim voting results for proxy c...
February 10, 2014 Client Update Changes to Proxy Mechanics Could Affect Proxy Contests Broadridge has announced a new policy that during proxy contests, each party will only receive the interim results of vote...
February 10, 2014 Client Update Who Knew that CLOs were Hedge Funds? U.S. financial regulators found themselves on the receiving end of an outpouring of concern from lawmakers last Wednesday ...
February 5, 2014 Client Update New ISS Policy Covers Novel Proposals on Proxy Vote Tallies and Vote Counting Methods A number of shareholder proposals this season are focused on aspects of proxy voting, leading ISS to adopt a new policy at...
February 4, 2014 Client Update UK Financial Conduct Authority Consultation on Sponsor Competence On 30 January, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) issued a consultation paper (CP 14/2) on sponsor compete...
February 4, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Grants Additional Time to Fix Shareholder Proposal Deficiencies The staff agreed that shareholder proposals at two companies, DTE Energy and NCR, could be excluded for failure to satisfy...