Megan Arthur Schilling on Corporate Governance

BlackRock and Vanguard Release 2025 Proxy Voting Guidelines

On January 31, 2025, Vanguard issued its proxy voting policy for US portfolio companies, following the publication of BlackRock’s proxy voting guidelines for benchmark policies – US securities in December 2024. The updates...more

2/6/2025 / Board of Directors , Corporate Governance , Disclosure Requirements , Diversity , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Investment , Investors , Proxy Voting , Risk Management , Shareholders

Key Policy Updates, New FAQs and Hint of Pay for Performance Changes to Come

On December 17, 2024, one of the two most influential proxy advisory firms, ISS, released its Proxy Voting Guidelines Benchmark Policy Changes for 2025: US, Canada, and Americas Regional, which provides updates to its voting...more

12/26/2024 / Board of Directors , Corporate Governance , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Shareholders , Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)

ISS Opens Peer Group Submission Window for 2025 Annual Meetings

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) uses peer group data as one input in their analysis of a company’s executive pay program that may ultimately impact their vote recommendation for a company’s “say-on-pay” proposal...more

11/12/2024 / Board of Directors , Corporate Governance , Executive Compensation , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Say-on-Pay , Shareholders

ISS Opens Survey for 2025 Policy Changes; Glass Lewis Seeks Informal Feedback

ISS and Glass Lewis annual policy surveys have launched - As is typical, executive compensation issues are covered in the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis annual policy surveys this year, with each...more

8/15/2024 / Corporate Governance , Glass Lewis , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Proxy Voting Guidelines , Publicly-Traded Companies

Alert: Updates to ISS Governance QualityScore and Special Data Verification Period Open

What is QualityScore? Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) rates corporate governance quality and risk for companies in 30 markets, including constituents of the US Russell 3000, through a product called "QualityScore"...more

11/16/2018 / Corporate Governance , Executive Compensation , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Proxy Statements , Shareholders

Alert: ISS Peer Group Submission Process for 2018 Annual Meetings

Each year, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) constructs its own peer groups to analyze companies' executive pay and relative company performance. In doing so, it takes into account each company's self-selected peer...more

11/22/2017 / Corporate Governance , Disclosure Requirements , Executive Compensation , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Proxy Statements , Shareholders

Alert: Updates to ISS Governance QualityScore and Special Data Verification Period Opening November 13, 2017

What is QualityScore? Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) rates corporate governance quality and risk for companies in 30 markets, including constituents of the U.S. Russell 3000, through a product called...more

11/14/2017 / Corporate Governance , Directors , Executive Compensation , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Proxy Season , Shareholders

Alert: ISS Peer Group Submission Process Window Open for Annual Meetings Scheduled Between September 16, 2017 and January 31, 2018...

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) constructs its own peer groups to analyze companies' executive pay and relative company performance. In doing so, it takes into account each company's self-selected peer companies...more

7/14/2017 / Corporate Governance , Disclosure Requirements , Emerging Growth Companies , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Proxy Statements , Shareholders

Alert: New Pubcos Should Consider Defensive Health in Light of ISS/GL Recommendations

ISS and Glass Lewis are continuing to apply special scrutiny to certain corporate governance provisions of "newly public" companies (generally, companies that have gone public in 2014 or later). In short, the latest policies...more

5/18/2017 / Bylaws , Corporate Governance , Glass Lewis , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Proxy Advisors , Proxy Season

Alert: ISS Peer Group Submission Process for 2017 Annual Meetings