The SEC issued a Sunshine Act Notice for an open meeting next Wednesday, December 5, where they will consider whether to issue a Request for Comment on the nature and content of quarterly...
The proxy season is just around the corner for calendar year public companies. Ahead of the season, two major proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewi...
Cryptocurrency fraud and schemes against mom-and-pop retail investors may consume the limelight and make for good press, but the SEC enforcement division’s annual report also highlights...
New ISS Policies. For meetings on or after February 1, 2019, two new and fairly minimal ISS policies will be applied.
As part of ISS’ client roundtables, one-to-one client discussions ...
Nearly all shareholder proposals meet the current resubmission thresholds of 3%, 6% and 10%, according to a detailed CII report on the impact of potential modifications to those threshold...
In advance of Thursday’s SEC’s Roundtable on the Proxy Process*, it is worth considering the three-part posts by the Investment Company Institute (ICI) on funds and proxy voting, and ...
ISS QualityScore Data Verification opened on Monday, November 5. Companies should be aware of the new Board Diversity Subcategory, which consists of four new factors and five existing fa...
Spencer Stuart has released its annual report on S&P 500 board practices, a useful guide for benchmarking. The overall trends demonstrate few changes from the prior year, leading the rep...
Unlike S&P and FTSE, after an 18-month consultation period, MSCI has announced that equity securities with unequal voting structures will continue to be included in the MSCI Global Invest...
PwC’s annual corporate directors survey concludes that boards are evolving and seeking change, rather than primarily valuing collegiality and consensus. The survey also shows some disc...
