proxy season

Record-breaking proxy season for ESG proposals, according to new report

Mar 17, 2022

The 2022 proxy season was a record breaker for ESG proposals, with Michael Passoff, CEO of Proxy Impact and co-author of a new report...Read more

Activism

Alphabet files requests to exclude shareholder proposals

Feb 10, 2022

Ben Maiden

Alphabet files requests to exclude shareholder proposals

Google parent company Alphabet is seeking the SEC’s go-ahead to exclude several shareholder proposals from its 2022 proxy statement,...Read more

ESG

Proxy season preview: the UK view

Dec 29, 2021

Mike Schnitzel

This year there was an increase in contested remuneration policy votes and contested remuneration report votes, says Daniele Vitale,...Read more

ESG

Proxy season preview: Australia

Dec 22, 2021

Mike Schnitzel

The key theme of Australia's proxy season was executive remuneration. ‘We had some companies taking government aid and, while doing...Read more

ESG

Climate and social issues expected to be front and center at AGMs

Dec 15, 2021

Mike Schnitzel

Climate and social issues expected to be front and center at AGMs

Virtual meetings became the standard during the Covid-19 pandemic out of necessity and, with uncertainty over when this pandemic will...Read more

Shareholder targeting & ID

Making their voice heard – Getting retail engaged on the proxy: Ticker 128

Nov 17, 2021

Jeff Cossette

Making their voice heard – Getting retail engaged on the proxy: Ticker 128

This episode of the Ticker podcast is sponsored by Broadridge Financial Services Brandon Van Manen, vice president...Read more

ESG

Majority support for E&S proposals almost doubles in US

Oct 26, 2021

Staff Writers

Majority support for E&S proposals almost doubles in US

Thirty-three environmental and social proposals won the backing of most voting shareholders this year, compared with 18 in 2020,...Read more

ESG

Comment: What to do when investors feel there’s a misalignment on pay for performance

Oct 07, 2021

Dottie Schindlinger

Comment: What to do when investors feel there’s a misalignment on pay for performance

Executive compensation has been one of the most widely discussed issues for shareholders in recent history. Pay for performance is the...Read more

Activism

Tenured IROs can serve as activist deterrent, study finds

Sep 27, 2021

Jeff Cossette

Tenured IROs can serve as activist deterrent, study finds

In a letter to CEOs, BlackRock’s Larry Fink opines that a ‘central reason for the rise of activism – and wasteful proxy fights – is...Read more

Regulation

CII seeks better ESG disclosures under accounting rules

Sep 23, 2021

Ben Maiden

CII seeks better ESG disclosures under accounting rules

The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has urged FASB to make ESG-related disclosures one of its top priorities amid growing...Read more

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proxy season

Record-breaking proxy season for ESG proposals, according to new report

Alphabet files requests to exclude shareholder proposals

Proxy season preview: the UK view

Proxy season preview: Australia

Climate and social issues expected to be front and center at AGMs

Making their voice heard – Getting retail engaged on the proxy: Ticker 128

Majority support for E&S proposals almost doubles in US

Comment: What to do when investors feel there’s a misalignment on pay for performance

Tenured IROs can serve as activist deterrent, study finds

CII seeks better ESG disclosures under accounting rules

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