Investor group urges SEC to reopen proxy rules comment period
A group of investors is calling on the SEC to reopen the comment period on amendments to shareholder proxy rules after new data was submitted by its Division of Economic …
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DoL questions purpose of shareholder voting
The US Department of Labor (DoL) has thrown a new curveball into its approach to governing shareholder rights, questioning the need for asset owners to have their voices heard by companies at all.
Following …
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French proposals to curb shareholder activism spark debate
The French government has been criticised for publishing a report suggesting a crackdown on shareholder activism.
The report, published at the end of last year, comes as shareholders keenly anticipate …
Read MoreUnilever: Votes and Voices
Proxy plumbing adds complexity to hotly-contested simplification plan
The proposed Unilever vote in October is raising City eyebrows. When the CIO of a UK insurer takes to the pages of the financial media voicing concerns over …
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As implementation of Shareholder Rights Directive II draws closer, attention is (or should be) turning to how we are going to make it happen. A cynic might say that, like MIFID II, “it’s all very well intended but….” OK, fair …
Read MoreThe International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) and the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) are urging institutional investors to respond to the latest consultation from the Hong Kong stock exchange which proposed allowing certain companies with dual-class share structures to list. …
Read MoreOver 100 shareholders have again requisitioned a resolution calling on the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to establish a shareholder committee in a campaign organised by private investor groups – the UK Individual Shareholders Society (ShareSoc) and the …
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The Investment Association (IA), which represents the UK’s asset management industry, has launched its public register of listed companies which have had significant shareholder rebellions. The IA proposed its development in its response to the government’s green paper on corporate …
Read MoreNo, says veteran US corporate governance activist James McRitichie, In his blog, CorpGov.net, Jim emphatically rebuts the claims made in a paper recently published by the US Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness which argues that the …
Read MoreThe independent shareholders of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, overwhelmingly supported a shareholder resolution asking company management to recapitalise the share structure so that each share has one vote at its recent AGM (7th June).
The resolution was put forward