As Manifest continues its increase in global coverage, we are delighted to announce that from October 2011, Manifest has a branch office operating in Melbourne, Australia. We are delighted to be working with Mark Bytheway and the team at the …

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IR Magazine has been looking at shareholder activism in Europe and quotes Manifest:

A different style of activism?
Historically, there have been obstacles to waging a successful activist campaign in much of Europe. Many markets are opaque, the proxy voting …

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Recent quotes by Manifest on topical corporate governance issues:

Protest vote against Prudential chairman >>
Financial Times, May 19 2011

Conservative MP leads charge for tougher audits >>
Financial News, May 18th 2011

Backlash grows over power of proxy >>…

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David Wighton of The Times writes about the problems of low turnout at shareholder meetings. “Shareholders have to get out there and vote” describes the problems facing Minerva, the property company fighting off a bid from 29.9 per …

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The Manifest/MM&K Total Remuneration Survey 2009 was published this week. Here is the press coverage it has received so far:

Bloomberg: Chief executive officers at Britain’s leading 100 companies received pay increases last year even as the FTSE 100 Index …

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Linking bonuses to the granting of shares or options seems a good idea . . .
… but it is not as simple as that and Britain’s businesses can see the pitfalls that many others cannot.

Jamie Stevenson of University …

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The Wall Street Journal and Financial News have picked up Manifest’s recent article on remuneration report defeats. As highlighted in our posting on the Punch Taverns they joined a select list of five FTSE All Share companies to have seen …

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Four of the Swedish buffer funds (AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4) this week announced the appointment of a provider of global voting services:

“The First to Fourth AP Funds (The Funds) have carried out a procurement of a Global Voting

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Financial News, the weekly journal from the Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal stable has published its 2009 survey of Top 100 Women in Financial Markets. This is the survey’s third year of publication and Manifest’s CEO, Sarah Wilson has joined the …

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September has been a busy month so far with a number of newspapers and websites picking up our analysis of voting trends around Europe.

BBC >>

City AM >>

Directorship >>

De Tijd >>

Evening Standard >>

Financial News >>…

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