Posts Tagged ‘corporate governance’
Silicon Valley Is Moving Backward on Shareholder Rights – Bloomberg
BloombergSilicon Valley Is Moving Backward on Shareholder RightsBloombergIt's springtime in America and that means it's proxy season, when most publicly traded companies hold annual meetings, and shareholders elect corporate directors. So it se... Read the rest of this entry »
Arbitration Provisions In Corporate Governance Documents — The …
Public companies may amend their governing documents to adopt arbitration provisions. If a proxy statement is required to accomplish the amendment, which may not be the case, [6] the SEC does not have a mechanism to ... Read the rest of this entry »
Giving Shareholders a Voice – New York Times
New York TimesGiving Shareholders a VoiceNew York TimesThe Shareholder Rights Project, a clinical program that I run at Harvard Law School, assists public pension funds and charitable organizations in improving corporate governance at publicly traded c... Read the rest of this entry »
Shareholder proposal seeks independent Mylan chairman – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Shareholder proposal seeks independent Mylan chairmanPittsburgh Post GazetteInvestors and corporate governance experts have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to require public companies to provide detailed disclosure of their political spend... Read the rest of this entry »
Computershare and Georgeson Congratulate the Best in Investor Relations – SYS-CON Media (press release)
Computershare and Georgeson Congratulate the Best in Investor RelationsSYS-CON Media (press release)By PR Newswire NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU), a leading financial services provider for the global securitie... Read the rest of this entry »
Leading Proxy Advisory Firm ISS Recommends That Shareholders Elect Both of … – MarketWatch (press release)
Leading Proxy Advisory Firm ISS Recommends That Shareholders Elect Both of ...MarketWatch (press release)“Additionally, Waisberg's depth of corporate governance knowledge, as a certified ICD graduate, and experience, on numerous other public boar... Read the rest of this entry »
The Case Against Staggered Boards – New York Times
New York TimesThe Case Against Staggered BoardsNew York TimesIn the public markets, it appears that pressure from corporate governance activists like the Harvard project and from proxy advisory firms like Institutional Shareholder Services is working t... Read the rest of this entry »
Exclusive: Goldman’s God problem goes away, for now – WXEL
Exclusive: Goldman's God problem goes away, for nowWXELThe group plans to keep pressing this issue in public. Goldman's win may be short-lived, said Charles Elson, director of the Weinberg Center for corporate governance at the University of De... Read the rest of this entry »
Where are the funds? – Pensions & Investments
Pensions & InvestmentsWhere are the funds?Pensions & InvestmentsBy Pensions & Investments Many public and union pension funds, along with other institutional shareholder activists, regard proxy access as the holy grail of corporate governance. But ... Read the rest of this entry »
Corporate Governance Best Practices – 2012 Proxy Season – JD Supra (press release)
Corporate Governance Best Practices - 2012 Proxy SeasonJD Supra (press release)As we enter proxy season, the boards of directors of public companies will be considering various corporate governance issues. While each public company is different, and wh... Read the rest of this entry »