AGM

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

May 13, 2019

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

Technology & Social Media

How Banco Santander won best use of multimedia for IR

Aug 06, 2018

Garnet Roach

How Banco Santander won best use of multimedia for IR

One of the judges in this year’s best use of multimedia for IR category had just one word to describe Banco Santander’s AGM app:...Read more

Activism

HomeStreet secures court win in proxy tussle

Apr 18, 2018

Ben Maiden

HomeStreet secures court win in proxy tussle

US financial services firm HomeStreet has won court backing in its efforts to stop a hedge fund firm putting its own director...Read more

Buy side

Nuance shareholders back special meeting proposal

Apr 03, 2018

Ben Maiden

Nuance shareholders back special meeting proposal

Nuance Communications shareholders have by a large majority backed a proposal seeking to grant them the power to call special meetings...Read more

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