On Feb. 9, the SEC proposed a long-awaited rule on disclosure of company equity hedging policies, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act (13 CARE 321, 2/13/15) (13 CARE 376, 2/20/15). The prop...
The SEC announced a whistleblower award of nearly half a million dollars to a former company officer whose report of misconduct resulted in an SEC enforcement action. In order for a whist...
The CEO of Vanguard has issued letters regarding shareholder engagement to the independent chair or lead director of approximately 500 of Vanguard’s largest holdings. The letter is publ...
BlackRock has revised its U.S. proxy voting guidelines, following their annual review of governance and proxy voting trends. The guidelines are not expected to result in significant diffe...
Several shareholder proposals this season ask boards to adopt clawback policies that would be triggered by any misconduct resulting in a violation of law or policy that causes significant...
Under its existing policy, ISS will recommend against the election of boards of directors who adopt bylaw or charter amendments that they view as materially diminishing shareholder rights...
More than half of the 64 investors who responded to a survey conducted by the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance, RR Donnelley and Equilar between September and December 2014, ...
In its long-awaited FAQs, ISS indicates that it will generally recommend in favor of management and shareholder proposals for proxy access which allow for nominations to be made by shareh...
The NYSE has proposed amending its rules on the solicitation of proxies through member organizations, as set forth in Section 402.05 of the Listed Company Manual, to make clear that compa...
Amalgamated Bank’s LongView Funds has written to several Delaware representatives, including the state governor, urging immediate legislative action to clarify that the “American rule...
