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Tag Archives: Dodd-Frank
Proxy Access & Shareholder Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion
The TakeAway: New SEC rule allows shareholders to nominate board candidates, a major victory for corporate democracy. Yesterday was historic: the SEC granted shareholders the power to nominate candidates for board director elections. The 3-2 vote along party lines ended … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Proxy Voting, Public Policy
Tagged Business Roundtable, Council of Institutional Investors, Dodd-Frank, Harvard Law School Forum, James McRitchie, Les Greenberg, Lucian Bebchuk, Mary Schapiro, proxy access, Robert A.G. Monks, Rule 14a-11, Scott Hirst, SEC, Social Investment Forum, US Chamber of Commerce
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Rules of the Road: Fixing Corporate Governance, and What It Means To You
The past half-year or so has seen a host of corporate governance reforms in the US, which dramatically change the context of corporate power and accountability. In December 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set the ball rolling by … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Proxy Voting, Public Policy
Tagged accounting scandals, board diversity, board qualifications, broker voting, Dodd-Frank, executive compensation, fiduciary obligations, Investor Advisory Committee, Investor as Owner Subcommittee, Jennifer Taub, majority voting, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, proxy access, Proxy Disclosure Enhancements, Savings and Loan crisis, Say-on-Pay, SEC, Stephen Davis
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Good Governance: A Perfect Storm
Part Three of Three Parts President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act into law yesterday, capping an extraordinary period of financial and governance reform, stimulated by the collapse of Lehman Brothers 22 months ago. You could call it “the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Proxy Voting, Public Policy
Tagged board diversity, Calvert, CEO succession, Chesapeake Energy, Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, corporate political spending, CRPTF, Dodd-Frank, executive compensation, financial reform, Glass-Lewis, governance reform, independent board chair, investment advisers, Investor Advisory Committee, James McRitchie, KeyCorp, majority voting, Mary Schapiro, Motorola, mutual funds, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Netflix, Occidental Petroleum, proxy, Proxy Disclosure Enhgnacments, RiskMetrics, rulemaking, Say-on-Pay, SEC, supermajority voting requirements, Ted Allen, Therese Doucet
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Voting Matters: Record-Breaking Proxy Season
Part One of Three Parts It’s been a banner year for U.S. capital market reform: on Wednesday President Obama is expected to sign the Dodd-Frank Act, while the SEC is receiving comments on its Concept Release for improving the process … Continue reading
Posted in Proxy Voting
Tagged annual meetings, Bob Massie, Ceres, climate change, disclosure, Dodd-Frank, ESG, Heidi Welsh, Investor Advisory Committee, IRRC, Lane Christensen, mandatory reporting, Massey Energy, Peter DeSimone, proxy resolution, SEC, shareowners, Sustainable Investments Institute, XBRL
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Tackling “Corporate-Carditis”: SEC Proposes Quadruple Bypass Surgery on Proxy System
Part Two of a Two-Part Post Yesterday, in a rare expression of unanimity, the five SEC Commissioners all voted to approve a Concept Release that proposes sweeping revisions of the US proxy voting system. This is akin to quadruple bypass … Continue reading
Why Dodd-Frank Is Important–For Everyone
This week, Congress returned from its holiday break to confront a deep irony: while millions are desperate for work, the place that brought down our economy is now on a roll. On the first count, roughly 2.1 million US workers … Continue reading
Posted in Public Policy
Tagged corpororate governance, democracy, Dodd-Frank, engagement, financial reform, Forum, Harvard Law School, Hirst, investors, Schapiro, SEC, Taub, trust
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