Regulators need to consider new rules to resolve issues standing in the way of end-to-end confirmation of proxy votes, an April 7 industry report found.

?State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) last week released three documents that discussed the asset manager’s priorities for the 2023 proxy season.

A new Georgeson publication provides an overview of the updated proxy voting guidelines of AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas, Charles Schwab, Geode Capital Management, Northern Trust and T. Rowe Price

As of 2022, women chaired 42% of the compensation committees at S&P 500 companies, reports The Conference Board. Women also served as chairs of 29% of the audit committees and 27% of the nominating/governance committees.

Investor interest in the board’s role in CEO succession planning is on the upswing, particularly in the wake of high-profile “boomerang CEO” experiences at Disney, Starbucks and UBS. A new paper from Stanford provides fresh insights on CEO exits, sensitivity of turnover to performance, board readiness and the performance of internally and externally recruited successors.