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2013 Proxy Season Review 24 Jul 2013 | 09:25 pm
Steven Hall Partners published a list of all the failed “say on pay” votes this season to date. 56 companies failed with an average 60% ‘Against’ vote. Two additional company received less than 50% ‘...
Corporate Governance: Stepping Back in Time 23 Jul 2013 | 06:28 pm
Five years ago in Corporate Governance Publisher’s Note: Yes, you’ll find many broken links. After 5, 10 and 15 years, the internet moves on. Many of the organization’s linked have since gone under. W...
Proxy Proposals Worth Considering for Next Season 22 Jul 2013 | 06:29 pm
After finding some “off-beat” proposals made at Fortune 250 firms and posted to ProxyMonitor.org, Laura J. Finn thinks the following might be Five Coming Trends in Shareholder Proposals (Corporate Boa...
Video Friday: FDIC’s Virtual Directors’ College Program 19 Jul 2013 | 06:40 pm
Corporate Governance Presentation from the FDIC’s video series entitled the Virtual Directors’ College Program – This presentation reviews corporate governance principles that are vital to a director’...
Selected Tweets From ICGN 2013 in New York 18 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
Unfortunately, I got sick in New York, so missed the entire second day of ICGN 2013. Several weeks later, I am still recovering and am way behind in my other work, so any real comments I have on the c...
End Zombie Directors: Action Needed for Majority Vote Mandate 17 Jul 2013 | 07:32 pm
I urge readers to support the June 20th petition by the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) to the NYSE and Nasdaq for the exchanges to require listed companies to elect directors by majority vot...
Steris Corp. ($STE): Proxy Score 100 16 Jul 2013 | 06:24 pm
Steris Corp. (STE) is one of the stocks in my portfolio. Their annual meeting is coming up on 7/25/2013. ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of one fund when I checked on 7/15/2013. I voted wi...
Comptroller Spitzer for Better Corporate Governance 15 Jul 2013 | 07:26 pm
Eliot Spitzer, the former “Sheriff of Wall Street” as New York Attorney General, would bring unprecedented visibility and creativity to the role of New York City Comptroller. He wants to re-envision ...
Robert Monks: Obtaining Proxy Vote Information on 401(k) Plans Often Difficult 10 Jul 2013 | 07:33 pm
Robert Monks has just begun a series of articles at CSRwire on his most recent book, Citizens DisUnited: Passive Investors, Drone CEOs, and the Corporate Capture of the American Dream (my review). Par...
Jon Lukomnik Wins ICGN Award for Corporate Governance 8 Jul 2013 | 08:34 pm
Jon Lukomnik, Executive Director of Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi), was announced the winner of the 2013 International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) Award for Excellen...
