Council Governance Alerts
The Council Governance Alert is a weekly e-newsletter that keeps members up-to-date on corporate governance and shareowner issues. Members may view the current alert and any available archived alerts in the members-only section of the website by clicking here.
Council Governance Primers (Please click here to read the primers if you are a member)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Securities Litigation
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Annual Meeting of Shareowners
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Proxy Voting
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Securities Lending
Making Shareowners’ Votes Count: Majority Voting in Director Elections
Divestment of Plan Assets Based on Non-Economic Factors
How Institutional Investors Can Get Involved in Corporate Governance
Council White Papers and Reports
Oct. 7, 2008
2008 Asset Allocation Survey, (General Members Only) report by Council of Institutional Investors staff analyst Laurel Leitner
Oct. 5, 2008
Results of 2008 Survey on Disclosure Practices of Council Members; (Members Only) report by Council of Institutional Investors staff
September 2008
Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals, white paper by George Washington University Professor of Law Lawrence A. Cunningham
July 11, 2008
Fair Value Accounting: Understanding the Issues Raised by the Credit Crunch, white paper by New York University Professor and Peat Marwick Faculty Fellow Stephen G. Ryan
Dec. 3, 2007
The SEC’s 2006 Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules: An Overview and an Assessment of First-Year Compliance, white paper by Council of Institutional Investors staff editor Rosemary Lally
Oct. 2, 2007
International Convergence of Accounting Standards: What Investors Need to Know, white paper by University of Dayton Professor Donna L. Street
March 30, 2007
Zions Bancorporation ESOARS: An Evaluation, report by Stephen A. Ross
Jan. 30, 2007
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Recommendations on Majority Voting, Section 404 and Executive Compensation;,joint CII-NACD Task Force Report
June 14, 2006
Stock Option Backdating: What Investors Need to Know, memorandum by Beth M. Young
March 1, 2004
Framework and Tools for Improving Board-Shareowner Communications, joint CII-NACD Task Force Report
Council SEC Issues Briefing Booklets
2007 SEC Issues Briefing Booklet
Council Meeting Booklets
2007 Chicago Regional Meeting
2007 Fall Meeting
2007 Las Vegas Regional Meeting
2007 Spring Meeting
Council Annual Reports
2007 Annual Report (Members-Only)