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The agencies that advise fund managers on how to vote are an increasingly important feature of the protests and rebellions that shareholders stage, writes Kate Burgess.
…Manifest is another whose standing has risen in tandem with the focus on corporate …
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There has been much head-scratching in recent months as the institutional investment community gets to grips with the various responsibilities for oversight that clearly did not fit together to prevent the financial crisis.
One recent provocative …
Read MoreThe notice of the AGM of AMP Ltd, the Australian life assurance company, has been amended and re-issued in light of recent board changes.
Meredith Hellicar resigned from the Board following the court judgement in the James Hardie case. Hellicar …
Read MoreIt is only a few weeks since BP clashed with its shareholders about pay for its top executives at its annual meeting. Now Royal Dutch Shell appears to be heading in the same direction….
…. it will be the second …
Read MoreAlmost 14 years since European markets firmly embraced the concept of separating the role of Chair/CEO, most US issuers are still contemplating what it means for them. That could be set to change following the success of trade union SEIU’s …
Read MoreThe Fortis shareholders’ meeting in Ghent, Belgium was stopped for half an hour, according to Radio Netherlands, after the Tuesday meeting descended into chaos. Shareholders angry at the proposed sale of Fortis Bank to French BNP Paribas threw shoes, coins …
Read MoreThe Shareholder Communications Coalition sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, April 24, 2009 in response to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal which suggested that the Commission may approve an amendment to New …
Read MoreThe Observer, Sunday 26 April 2009
Retirement top-up deals promise £1m a year to Britain’s leading executives despite the downturn as the gap between bosses and workers widens.
The research into the pensions of chief executives of stockmarket-listed companies was …
Read MoreFairPensions, the UK-based campaign for responsible investment has published its 3rd annual survey of pension funds and their ESG arrangements.
The headline findings are that although major UK pension funds are now acknowledging the potential of ‘non-financial’ issues to affect …
Read MoreHong Kong is not generally noted for its progressive corporate governance regime. Critics have argued that its weak regulatory system has long favoured powerful tycoons. However, in a rare and dramatic turn of events, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission …
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