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TUC demands mandatory voting disclosure by fund managers

The UK’s trade union federation, the TUC has published its 2008 fund manager voting survey and found investors wanting.

For the seventh year the TUC’s investment team has analysed the voting records of 20 fund managers and pensions funds for …

Financial Mail on Sunday: The Information Gap, investors here told less

Angry shareholder groups are calling on regulators to overhaul rules that mean UK companies can provide dramatically different information to investors in the U.S. and here.

Sarah Wilson, chief executive of respected shareholder advisory group Manifest, described it as …

US Chamber of Commerce debates shareholder proxy access

The US Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness conference convened this week to look at the impact of shareholder activism and shareholder rights. Two interesting themes have emerged from reports of the conference, firstly research into the impact …

Social networking meets governance

US investors angered by the meltdown in the US financial markets have a new resource to campaign for better governance. ShareOwners.org is a social networking site based on Ning, the community web tool said to have played a central role …

CEOs Don’t Fear the Reaper….

“He who dies with the most toys still dies” was a quote on the No Fear brand of T-shirts a few years ago. Funnily enough that saying came to mind when news of Amalgamated Bank’s shareholder proposals against “Golden Coffins” …

Blue Oar censure & fine raises questions about AIM ‘Nomad’ system

Concerns about the corporate governance arrangements of AIM quoted companies will no doubt raise their head again after the public censure of Blue Oar Securities, the AIM Nominated Advisor (NOMAD) that last week changed its name to Astaire Securities.

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SEC to consider broker discretionary voting

The SEC has three key governance reforms on the agenda for its July 1 “Sunshine Act Meeting” :

Item 1: The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to the proxy rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to …

OECD sees scope for more investor action

Following moves by US government last week to set pay limits at firms that have received TARP assistance, Mats Isaksson, OECD head of corporate affairs has given a public interview outlining the OECD’s view of the role of corporate governance …

‘Unexpected reaction’ forces M&S climbdown

Today’s climbdown by Marks & Spencer, courtesy of the decision of Steve Sharp and Stuart Rose to waive part of their Performance Share Plan awards, represents a victory for shareholders. However, the root cause of the problem – an over-generous …

Daily Telegraph: UK company directors expenses

A trawl of executive contracts reveals that million-pound pay and bonus deals are merely pocket money for the bosses of Britain’s FTSE 100, as they enjoy special pension arrangements, second-home allowances and most day-to-day costs covered by their companies.

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