The SEC staff recently denied no-action relief to two Nasdaq-listed companies that sought to exclude proposals asking for independent chairmen where the resolutions referred to NYSE indep...
The SEC has announced an open meeting this Wednesday at 10:00 EST with the first agenda item listed as whether to approve the issuance of an interpretive release to provide guidance to as...
Along with its four pillars for governance which score companies on a one to ten scale, ISS has launched Environmental & Social (E&S) QualityScore to measure corporate disclosure on envir...
BlackRock updated its proxy voting guidelines, and some of the key highlights since its last update include:
Two women on boards. In its discussion of the importance of boards comprising...
The topic of corporate ESG disclosure is among the ESG trends to watch in 2018, according to a recent report from MSCI.
Companies are increasingly providing voluntary information about th...
In a recent speech, Chairman Clayton discussed completing the rulemaking mandates under Dodd-Frank, in light of his mission to allocate the SEC’s resources to both fulfilling statutory ...
Reports of BlackRock’s annual letter to CEOs have largely focused on Larry Fink’s exhortation that companies must serve a social purpose and “make a positive contribution to society...
Recently, ISS announced a new product for investors, called corporate due diligence profiles, that contains a historical review of past ISS recommendations and vote results, measurements ...
A complaint for declaratory judgment in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is challenging the forum selection clauses in several recent IPOs. Plaintiff argues that the provis...
The SEC has agreed with a company that it can exclude a shareholder proposal that asks the board to amend its existing bylaw to lower the ownership threshold from 25% to 10% of the compan...
