SEC Chairman Schapiro recently made a speech about corporate governance at the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue which provides some insight into upcoming SEC initiatives in thi...
For most companies 2011 was the first year for say-on-pay. The good news is that most emerged from the process unscathed. Only a relative handful (38 of the Russell 3000, including eight ...
During its 2012 North American Proxy Season review, proxy advisory services firm Glass Lewis looked back to the 2011 proxy season and also gave insights as to what we can expect from them...
ISS has asked that we encourage interested parties to register for its free webinar to discuss its new proxy voting guidelines, which we recently summarized in a client publication. The ...
ISS’s annual policy update, released this month in anticipation of the 2012 proxy season, revises existing policies and adopts new ones to respond to current developments. The policy ch...
In what may be the first major decision this proxy season on shareholder proposals, the SEC staff has granted no-action letters to two companies, Hewlett-Packard Company and Deere & Compa...
Although the SEC staff has publicly stated that the clawback provision is the most complex of the remaining Dodd-Frank governance rulemaking, the most controversial provision appears to b...
Engagement with shareholders plays an increasingly important role in strengthening issuers’ corporate governance practices. With proxy season around the corner, we turn to Donna Anders...
The latest Spencer Stuart Board Index (November 2011) finds that three-fourths of S&P 500 companies require annual election for directors and 79% have some form of majority voting. 41% o...
While the U.S. IPO market has slowed down in recent months, Davis Polk’s pipeline of deals in progress is strong, leading us to believe that there will be an uptick in IPO transactions ...
