BlackRock said it supported just 26 of the 399 (fewer than 7%) shareholder proposals on environmental and social issues that it voted on at annual meetings globally in the 12 months that ended June 30, 2023.
by: Amy Borrus
8/28/2023
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Following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, President Joe Biden, Congress and the Department of Justice have turned their attention to clawing back executive compensation.
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by: Rosemary Lally
3/27/2023
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The say-on-pay proposal at Apple’s March 10 annual meeting received the support of 89% of the votes cast, and just two of the five shareholder proposals on the company’s proxy ballot garnered substantial support.
by: Rosemary Lally
3/21/2023
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The SEC just announced that it will vote October 26 on whether to adopt rules to implement the clawback provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
by: Rosemary Lally
10/20/2022
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During the fall conference, U.S. Asset Owner members overwhelmingly approved an amendment to CII’s corporate governance policies that redefines what CII considers “over-boarding.”
by: Rosemary Lally
10/24/2022
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Recordings of these and all previous webinars are available to members in CII's Media Archive. Recent episodes of CII's podcasts are available on all major podcast listening platforms.
by: Rosemary Lally
10/24/2022
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In a June 2 letter to Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Ranking Committee Member Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), CII urged Congress to include the Multi-Class Accountability Act in the JOBS Act 4.0. The letter also strongly opposed several provisions in the discussion draft of JOBS Act 4.0.
by: Rosemary Lally
6/7/2022
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by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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In a December 23 letter, CII encouraged the SEC to rescind the commission’s 2020 proxy advisor rules in their entirety, but also offered suggestions on how to improve the proposed changes.
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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Much of the evidence uncovered during the recent high profile Theranos trial provided prime examples of the serious risks companies can experience as a result of poor governance practices.
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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An Ohio court in mid-December rejected a motion to dismiss a derivative suit alleging that two activist funds, Ancora Advisors and Macellum Capital Management, violated Ohio’s greenmail disgorgement law by selling shares after settling a proxy contest.
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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News from the SEC This Quarter (Q4)
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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Proposed Rules Reversing Previous Regs on ESG Factors in Investing and Proxy Voting
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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A Roundup of News from Congress
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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CII filed an amicus brief November 10 supporting a lawsuit that investors in E.Merge Technology Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), filed against the SPAC and its sponsors.
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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During this quarter, CII sent 10 letters on a host of key governance topics being considered by agencies, Congress, exchanges, companies and other entities.
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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Webinars and Podcasts (Q4)
by: Rosemary Lally
1/6/2022
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