Retail shareholders own about 30% of public companies, a fairly consistent level over the past five years, but only about 28% of those shares are voted, according to the latest issue of P...
Protect the Voice of Shareholders aims to oppose H.R. 4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act, that passed the House last October. While not effective, the Act is perh...
On the heels of California becoming the first state to impose requirements mandating gender diversity on boards, which we discussed here, State Street has announced policy changes also fo...
On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill, S.B. 826, which will require all NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed public companies with principal executive offices located in...
SeaWorld and two of its former executives, including the CEO, agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle fraud charges. The SEC alleged that the company failed to inform investors abou...
The SEC announced that the staff will host a roundtable on the proxy process on November 15. The participants, time and the formal agenda has not yet been released.
The roundtable is exp...
ISS announced the results of its high-level policy survey. The results will inform the new and updated policies for the 2019 proxy season, which is usually released in November.
Auditors ...
The Climate Risk Disclosure Act, introduced by Senator Warren, would require the SEC to issue rules for every public company to disclose:
Its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions...
On the heels of the SEC staff rescinding the letters to proxy advisory firms, Commissioner Jackson decried the influence of “corporate lobbyists” on the issue in his statement.
It is ...
Yesterday, Chairman Clayton released a statement that while the SEC staff might express their views in myriad ways, ultimately those staff statements are “nonbinding and create no enfor...
