In a 4-1 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a series of governance reforms designed to “help investors make more informed voting decisions.” As from 28 February 2010 investors will not only know a great deal more about …
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a major policy reversal on shareholder resolutions which is likely to lead to an increase in ESG risk and succession planning-related proposals.
In a legal bulletin published this week, the SEC said …
Read MoreFollowing on from the creation of the SEC’s Investment Advisory Committee, we now have details of its three working sub-committes which will focus on investor education, investor protection, shareholder voting and corporate governance.
The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee is co-chaired …
Read MoreA regulator’s lot is not a happy one by all accounts. While the UK’s Conservative Party has promised to close the FSA and transfer its duties to the Bank of England if it wins the next election, US regulators at …
Read MoreThe SEC’s proposed rule on proxy access is garnering plenty of comments, both in favor of and against, with more than 300 comments filed on the proposal as of Aug. 18, 2009 writes ProxyGovernance’s Scott Fenn.
Law professors and law …
Read MoreAs previously reported, the SEC is proposing that US proxy voting results should be published within 4 days rather than waiting for the next quarterly return to be lodged, which is the majority practice at the moment.
In many parts …
Read MoreJust to illustrate the impact of the reformed broker voting rules in the USA, it’s interesting to look at Bank of America’s proxy votes results which were released to the SEC on Friday, 7th August.
Last month, the SEC voted …
Read MoreJudging by this week’s crop of enforcement stories, the US securities regulator, The Securities & Exchange Commission appears to be relaunching itself with renewed vigour. The week of August 3rd to 7th is probably going to go down in history …
Read MoreNorthern Rock’s former shareholders have lost their bid for a judicial review of the nationalisation compensation scheme but have vowed to press their claims in the the House of Lords and, potentially, the European Court of Human Rights. The House …
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