Buy sideUK companies face greater scrutiny over board diversity Feb 25, 2021Tim HumanUK companies will face increased scrutiny over the ethnic and gender diversity of their boards at this year’s AGM season after an...Read more
Case studiesESG focus accelerating in Brazil, says Agnes Blanco Querido of Morrow Sodali Feb 04, 2021Tim HumanAs investors up their focus on ESG, Brazilian companies are finding themselves more and more in the spotlight. Home to 60 percent of...Read more
ESGNasdaq board diversity plan attracts broad support Jan 14, 2021Ben MaidenNasdaq’s efforts to promote diversity on boards has received support from a variety of constituencies, with a number of commenters...Read more
ESGNasdaq targets board diversity with ‘comply or explain’ plan Dec 03, 2020Ben MaidenNasdaq is moving to increase diversity on the boards of its listed companies amid growing pressure from investors and state laws for...Read more
ESGCalifornia law set to boost board diversity Sep 30, 2020Alexa Belonick, Will Carter, Jackie Liu and Alfredo SilvaCalifornia’s Assembly Bill (AB) 979 is set to make waves both within the state and across the country as a groundbreaking new law that...Read more
ESGCoalition offers blueprint for boosting board diversity Aug 19, 2020Ben MaidenSeveral groups have come together to urge US companies to increase diversity on their boards and present a framework for how such...Read more
ESGEquality in IR 2020: Social media highlights Jul 23, 2020Tim HumanBuilding on its Women in IR events, IR Magazine held its first Equality in IR forum on July 22. Below, you can get a...Read more
ActivismInstitutions take growing role in activism Jul 22, 2020Tim HumanInstitutional investors are increasingly taking the lead on shareholder activism, causing a surge in campaigns focused on corporate...Read more
Shareholder targeting & IDThe week in investor relations: Raising capital, conference cuts and diversity targets Jul 10, 2020Tim Human– US companies raised the most equity capital in any quarter on record between March and June, reported the Wall Street Journal...Read more
ESGNYSE targets change in board diversity with elite networking program Jan 09, 2020Ben AshwellWhen Betty Liu joined the NYSE in July 2018, she hit the road. In her newly created role as executive vice chairman of the exchange...Read more