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2. Vanguard to Take Tougher Stance Against Overextended Board Members
  
  Explore wsj.com Apr 11 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...nning for two or more public-company board seats beyond where they are employed, a Vanguard spokeswoman said. Vanguard said it would generally vote against other board candidates seeking more than four board seats at one...
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  Mentions: Vanguard Target overboarded
3. Shareholders Shake Things Up This Proxy Season
  
  Explore Yahoo! Finance Apr 4 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...esults but also because of who voted in favor of them: major mutual fund providers. Until 2017, firms such as Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street (which collectively manage about $14 trillion in investor assets) typical...
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  Mentions: Board Diversity Diversity Investors
4. The Most Overpaid CEOs: Are Fund Managers Asleep at The Wheel?
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Mar 30 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ... This represents a small upward trend. Two years ago, Vanguard voted against only 1.3 percent of the S&P 500. Vanguard’s votes do not appear to represent the view of Vanguard’s founder, recently deceased John Bogle, who ...
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  Mentions: Dodd-Frank Investment Corporate Governance
5. Celgene Pops After Proxy Advisor ISS Recommends Bristol-Myers Investors Approve Buyout
  
  Explore CNBC.com Mar 29 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...ommendations from proxy advisors like ISS do not dictate how investors vote, large passive fund managers like Vanguard and BlackRock often weigh their advice when deciding how to vote their shares. Celgene shares rose mo...
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6. Shareholder Activism Pivots To Gender
  
  Explore forbes.com Mar 7 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...Co. In recent years, perceptions have shifted as large asset managers such as Blackrock and mutual funds like Vanguard have been getting in on the act with more of a focus on long-term changes in corporate governance. No...
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7. Activist Investors Force Change In The Oil Industry
  
  Explore Yahoo Finance Mar 4 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...er just environmental or shareholder advocacy groups. Private equity giant BlackRock Inc. and investment firm Vanguard Group, among others in Big Finance, are now backing climate change reporting standards. To be sure, t...
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  Mentions: Activist Investors Investors crisis
8. Bristol-Myers Squibb has $2.2 Billion at Stake if its Deal to Acquire Celgene Falls Apart, and Opposition is Mounting
  
  Explore Business Insider Feb 28 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...to an Informa Pharma Intelligence analysis. See: Bristol-Myers Squibb is buying Celgene in a $74 billion deal Vanguard is the largest holder of Bristol-Myers, with an 8.1% stake, followed by Wellington (7.7%), BlackRock ...
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  Mentions: Investment Management State Street
9. Carol J. Burt Joins IQVIA Board of Directors
  
  Explore globalbankingandfinance.com Feb 21 2019 BoardMoves
  
  ...x, LLC. She previously served on the boards of directors of Envision Healthcare, WellCare Health Plans, Inc., Vanguard Health Systems, Inc., and Transitional Hospitals Corporation. Shes an active member of Women Corporat...
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  Mentions: Leadership Investment Vanguard
10. European Investors Oppose CEO Pay More Than Vanguard, BlackRock
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Feb 21 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...inside firms, and directors ought to be concerned.” The three dominant U.S. asset managers -- BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group and State Street Corp. -- each approved at least 93 percent of S&P 500 compensation plans, the ...
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  Mentions: Executive Compensation Vanguard BlackRock
11. US Corporate Governance: Turning Up the Heat
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Feb 10 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...of directors continues to decrease, gender diversity remains a top priority for many institutional investors. Vanguard describes its concern over this issue as an economic imperative, and BlackRock’s voting guidelines st...
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  Mentions: Corporate Governance Investors SEC
12. Public Markets for the Long Term: How Successful Listed Companies Thrive
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Feb 8 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ets not by the front door of an IPO but by the back door: acquisition by a publicly-traded firm. According to Vanguard, more than 500 of these “phantom” public companies join the ranks of public markets each year through...
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  Mentions: Management SEC IPO
13. Rite Aid: Promises To Shareholders Not Kept
  
  Explore Stock Market News & Financial Analysis Feb 6 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...pported shareholder-initiated governance proposals just 24% of the time, a shocking disparity (see page 35 of Vanguard's FY 2018 Investment Stewardship Annual Report). If Rite Aid's shares were delisted from the NYSE, ma...
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  Mentions: Investment Corporate Governance CFO
14. How to Fix Unhealthy Concentration of Corporate Voting Power
  
  Explore RealClearMarkets Jan 18 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...nto the hands of agents. As corporate governance scholar Bernard Sharfman has written to the SEC, “BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street Global Advisors (the Big Three) now control enormous amounts of proxy voting power ...
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15. Legendary Investor John Bogle has Died at 89. The Founder of Vanguard Group was Known as the Creator of the Index Fund.
  
  Explore The Washington Post Jan 16 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...y held Vanguard 500 Index Fund, the crown jewel of the entire company, with more than $441 billion in assets. Vanguard was a unique entity, structured to be owned by the shareholders in its funds rather than outside stoc...
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16. Jeff Bezos' Divorce Could Soon Make MacKenzie Bezos one of Amazon's Biggest Shareholders
  
  Explore Business Insider Jan 10 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...nthinkable outcome — her 39 million or so shares would give her an 8% stake in the company and vault her over Vanguard. Although she could opt for cash instead — which would force Bezos to sell off tens of millions of sh...
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