Political contributions shareholder proposals continue to be a perennial favorite among activists even post-election, as we are seeing a proliferation of those proposals already. There ap...
We previously reported on an interesting action by National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE:NFG) regarding a shareholder proposal submitted by the Harvard Shareholder Rights Project, on behalf of ...
Last week I participated in an NYSE-sponsored webcast hosted by Judy McLevey at the NYSE. Our panel discussed the issues that may affect the upcoming proxy season. The other panelists con...
ISS has released a detailed set of FAQs on how it will select a company’s peer group for purposes of conducting its pay-for-performance analysis. ISS uses this peer group to measure a ...
More than 18 months ago, we alerted readers about a request for information by the Department of Labor (DOL) seeking suggestions from interested parties on the possibility of using electr...
At its upcoming webinar, ISS will likely discuss a new process for companies that are changing their own peer group selections from 2012 to 2013 to inform ISS of those changes prior to is...
The SEC released its 151-page financial report for its fiscal year ended September 2012. The report discusses all of the different areas that the SEC is responsible for, but the governanc...
On November 16, 2012, Institutional Shareholder Services issued its final updates to its proxy voting guidelines for the 2013 proxy season. The key items of change from last year’s guid...
Today ISS issued policy updates applicable to the 2013 proxy season, for meetings held on or after February 1, 2012. We’ll be distributing a client memo with details, and we understand ...
3,001 whistleblower tips from all 50 states and 49 countries were provided to the SEC in the 2012 fiscal year, according to its annual report on the whistleblower program. The annual repo...
