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CalPERS and 20 other public pension plans have written to key US lawmakers urging them to keep corporate governance provisions in the final version of a proposed financial regulations reform bill.
The US House of Representatives and Senate have each …
Read MoreMoves in the Spanish parliament to abolish the 10% voting caps at certain Spanish companies have ground to a halt ahead of Friday’s Iberdrola AGM.
Spain introduced limitations to voting rights in 1951, directly copying a similar German law, with …
Read MoreYesterday’s news that JP Morgan has been hit with the largest fine ever handed down by the FSA might not appear to have any direct connection to shareholder stewardship, after all it wasn’t their securities servicing division found to be …
Read MoreComing so late in the life of the current parliamentary term, the City may be forgiven for already turning attention from yesterday’s budget statement to post-election budgetary announcements for substantive financial and fiscal policy developments. However, hidden in the text …
Read MoreNew governance standards for UK-listed companies looks set to split investors over the FRC’s proposals that the 350 largest companies should propose all their directors for annual election.
The UK Corporate Governance Code, formerly known as the Combined Code, sets …
Read MoreThe prospect of a new Stewardship Code appears to have re-ignited fresh enthusiasm for collaborative governance with the Institutional Shareholders Committee (ISC) announcing its intention to form a new body, to be called the Institutional Investor Council. The grand aim …
Read MoreThe UK’s Institutional Shareholder Committee (ISC) has issued as pre-emptive strike against potential legislation from the Walker Review with the publication of a voluntary code of conduct for its members. The “Code on the Responsibilities of Institutional Investors” outlines seven …
Read MoreThe proxy season is far from over, writes Allie Monaco, Head of Research at ProxyGovernance. In the last two weeks of May, nearly 170 shareholder proposals will come to a vote at 75 U.S. companies. Of these proposals, 35% relate …
Read MoreSpeaking at the Council of Institutional Investors Autumn conference in Los Angeles last week, Jules Kroll, chairman and co-founder of K2 Global Partners, told attendees that investors could improve the integrity of ratings by taking ownership of the process.
Investors …
Read MoreA new shareholder resolution, debuting at NYSE-listed General Electric Co.’s April 28 meeting, is asking the board to adopt a policy prohibiting any director receiving more than a 20% opposition vote from serving on a key board committee (audit, compensation …
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