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2. The Increased Politicization Of Proxy Votes
  
  Explore forbes.com Jul 16 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  The political gridlock in Washington DC has caused activist groups to take policy battles to the boardrooms and annual meetings of the country's public corporations. This development presents a risk to shareholders that they will be forced to sacrifice returns for political goals they don't share...
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3. Should Proxy Advisers Be Regulated?
  
  Explore Home | Columbia Law School Jun 17 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...roposals. Proxy advisers have been criticized for potential conflicts of interest because they offer not only proxy voting recommendations to investors but also provide consulting services on corporate governance. The SE...
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  Mentions: Conference Mergers and Acquisitions Proxy Advisory
4. Why Is Everyone Talking About CEO Pay?
  
  Explore Yahoo! Finance Jun 13 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...EOs are wildly overpaid, it is safe to say that something is up. And as recently outlined in our explainer on proxy voting, executive pay, or “Say on Pay,” is another issue where you as a shareholder can have a say. How ...
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5. ‘Responsible’ Proxy Voting Is Going Mainstream
  
  Explore Financial Investment News Jun 7 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...“Research Affiliates has looked to Parametric for many years to stay on the leading edge of best practices in proxy voting,” so it welcomed Parametric’s move, Jonathan Treussard, Research Affiliates’s head of product man...
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6. JPMorgan Shareholders Approve Executive Pay, With Protest
  
  Explore Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance May 21 2019 BoardNews
  
  ... the United States and some 28% of votes were in favour of a proposal aimed at easing shareholders' access to proxy voting rights. ISS, the influential proxy advisory group, urged investors to vote against the bank's exe...
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  Mentions: Executive Compensation Wells Fargo Jamie Dimon
7. United States: SEC Commissioner Peirce "Airs Her Grievances" With CII
  
  Explore mondaq.com May 14 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...sing her gratitude for those contributions by CII to the public debate that Peirce views favorably (regarding proxy voting, stock buybacks and disclosure reform), she takes the opportunity to "air her grievances," citing...
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  Mentions: Corporate Governance Investors SEC
8. Vanguard to Surrender Some of its Corporate Voting Power to External Fund Managers
  
  Explore CNBC.com Apr 26 2019 BoardNews
  
  Vanguard Group, the globes second-largest asset manager, announced Thursday plans to allocate a fraction of its vast voting powers on corporate boards to outside fund supervisors that control more than $470 billion of its holdings...
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9. Director Overboard(ing)!
  
  Explore forbes.com Apr 26 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...information, and his ability to be a meaningful and reliable resource to executive management. Vanguard’s new proxy voting guidelines—building on the positions of other asset managers and proxy advisors—provide a legitim...
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  Mentions: Conference Vanguard ISS
10. The Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at The Wheel?
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Mar 30 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...o adopt responsible business practices, so that they are sustainable for years to come.” He moved the state’s proxy voting decisions in house, rather than deferring to recommendations from an advisory service. Opposition...
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11. Novartis Faces Questions About Proxy Voting Independence
  
  Explore Front Page Mar 27 2019 BoardNews
  
  A media investigation has revealed that proxy votes submitted by shareholders ended up at Novartis headquarters instead of the elected representative ahead of the annual general meeting...
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12. SEC Commissioner Takes Agency Lead on Proxy-Voting Efforts
  
  Explore Pensions & Investments Mar 19 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...ouncil for Capital Formation, a corporate governance advocate in Washington, said it's clear the SEC has made proxy voting a core issue. In November, it hosted a daylong roundtable discussion on the matter and Mr. Doyle ...
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13. SEC Remarks Before the Council of Institutional Investors
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Mar 6 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...ket%20Data%20(final).pdf.(go back) 3Kenneth A. Bertsch, Remarks to the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, “U.S. Proxy Voting Infrastructure,” Sept. 13, 2018, available at https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/investor-advisory-com...
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14. Diversity in the 'Man Cave': Boardrooms Gain Women as Minorities Lag
  
  Explore Channel NewsAsia Feb 13 2019 BoardNews
  
  ... gender diversity and an exchange-traded fund made up of companies with female leaders. Meanwhile BlackRock's proxy voting guidelines urge companies to have at least two women directors. They do not give a target figure ...
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15. Apple Faces Shareholder Ballot To Consider Political Diversity For Board Members
  
  Explore The Federalist Feb 1 2019 BoardNews
  
  ... at the annual meeting. He doesn’t think so because most institutional investors in the United States rely on proxy voting recommendations from one of the two proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS...
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16. The Long View: US Proxy Voting Trends on E&S Issues from 2000 to 2018
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Jan 31 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...l issues are: As a result of these pressures, the data indicates a number of changes in proponent filings and proxy voting behavior on shareholder proposals: The last decade saw a dramatic change in investors’ attitudes ...
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