AGM

ESG proposals rejected but make inroads at Delta AGM

Jun 26, 2020

Two first-time ESG shareholder proposals – while not being approved – secured significant levels of support at Delta Air Lines’ recent...Read more

Covid-19

Guest article: Covid-19 becomes Black Swan of 2020

Mar 20, 2020

Basskaran Nair

Harold Woo

Guest article: Covid-19 becomes Black Swan of 2020

Countries, companies, individuals and institutions are personally impacted by the virus, with lives at risk. Understandably, IR...Read more

Regulation

SEC grants proxy meeting flexibility with new guidance

Mar 17, 2020

Zsuzsanna Szabo

SEC grants proxy meeting flexibility with new guidance

The SEC will allow companies to postpone their annual meetings, change the location or, in some cases, host a virtual shareholder...Read more

Shareholder targeting & ID

SRD II: What will change when new rules come in next month

May 13, 2019

Thomas O’Grady

SRD II: What will change when new rules come in next month

EU member states have until June 10, 2019 to transpose the Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) into law. Much of this legislation...Read more

Buy side

Vanguard gives proxy voting decision powers to external managers

Apr 25, 2019

Garnet Roach

Vanguard gives proxy voting decision powers to external managers

Vanguard, the $5.2 tn asset manager, has announced that will grant full proxy voting privileges to its external managers, with the...Read more

Buy side

Norway SWF calls for annual elections to Kellogg’s board

Apr 25, 2019

Garnet Roach

Norway SWF calls for annual elections to Kellogg’s board

Norway’s $1.1 tn sovereign wealth fund (SWF) says it will support a shareholder proposal calling for annual elections of board members...Read more

Reporting

ExxonMobil AGM to include board matrix proposal

Apr 19, 2019

Ben Maiden

ExxonMobil AGM to include board matrix proposal

ExxonMobil shareholders will vote at the company’s AGM next month on whether the board should reveal more details about directors’...Read more

Technology & Social Media

Banco Santander: The story of winning

Dec 10, 2018

Andrew Holt

To win one IR Magazine Award is an accomplishment, but to win three is something of a major achievement . This is exactly what Banco...Read more

Technology & Social Media

30 IR stars in 30 days: Sergio Gámez of Banco Santander

Nov 28, 2018

Garnet Roach

30 IR stars in 30 days: Sergio Gámez of Banco Santander

IR Magazine has a long history of honoring those men, women and companies around the world that excel at investor relations...Read more

Activism

Investor dissent rising over board appointments

Oct 26, 2018

Jack Aldane

Investor dissent rising over board appointments

An annual review by corporate governance firm Equiniti reveals that more shareholders are speaking out about board appointments they...Read more

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