Similar to the proposed amendments originally issued by the SEC in November 2019, the SEC’s adopting release echoes some of the concerns expressed by both issuers and investors regarding the lack of ...

The SEC voted Tuesday to propose amendments intended to change the shareholder proposal rule, to improve the accuracy and transparency of proxy voting advice, and to modernize the advertising and cash ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Innisfree has been named the top proxy solicitor in 2019 by four leading publications. For the fifth consecutive year, Corporate Control Alert ranked Innisfree as the ...

As outside legal counsel to a wide range of public companies in the technology and life sciences industries, many of which are based in Silicon Valley, Fenwick has collected information on corporate ...

While the 2019 proxy season did not feature any dramatic developments, an interesting element was the slight but noticeable growth of the nascent movement against the use of environmental, social, and ...

Mutual fund companies backed proposals addressing sustainability concerns by the widest margin yet in 2019, but a lack of support from the largest U.S. fund managers kept many just short of winning a ...

Institutional Shareholder Services sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over guidance aiming to clarify how investors and firms that vote on their behalf should cast their ballots in ...

Annual guide showcases key topics investors expect from company proxies, including Board Diversity, Executive Compensation, Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG), Sustainability and Human Capital ...

Ford's preliminary proxy statement has four company proposals, including the election of directors, an advisory vote on the compensation of this year's named executive officers, a vote on the tax ...

PROXY ADVISORY services used to be an obscure feature of corporate America. No longer. These geeky outfits, which review mountains of proposals put forward by shareholders on topics ranging from ...