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ISS’ Global Benchmark Survey: The Primary Questions

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Last week, ISS launched its latest annual ‘Global Benchmark Policy Survey’ – responses are due by August 22nd. Here are the primary questions (I didn’t include the multiple-choice answers)...more

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Blog: Senator Warren introduces the Accountable Capitalism Act

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According to this column in the LA Times, it’s the “single most pernicious idea in modern American finance.” Can you guess? It’s the idea “that the corporation exists to ‘maximize shareholder wealth,’” the columnist...more

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Blog: Human Capital Management Moves To The Forefront As An Investor Concern

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For 2018, BlackRock has identified human capital management as one of its engagement priorities, echoing the exhortation from BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink in his 2018 annual letter to public companies: with governments seeming...more

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Blog: PwC’s 2017 Annual Corporate Directors Survey shows directors “clearly out of step” with institutional investors on social...

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In its Annual Corporate Directors Survey for 2017, PwC surveyed 886 directors of public companies and concluded that there is a “real divide” between directors and institutional investors (which own 70% of U.S. public...more

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FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 330 Robin Bew and Henry Stoever of the NACD

In this episode, I visit with Robyn Bew, the Director of Strategic Content Development for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Henry Stoever, the Chief Marketing Officer for the NACD. They discuss what...more

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Blog: Is A Proxy Contest Preferable To A Quick Settlement With Activists? Some Institutional Investors Think So

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The obvious tension between the interests of long-term investors, such as institutional shareholders, and short-term investors, principally represented by hedge fund activists, has been the subject of much discussion of late....more

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Evolving Director-Investor Communications: Preparing for Your Board’s Direct Engagement with Shareholders

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Preparation, two-way communication, targeted proactive engagement and choosing the right director for the job are the keys to a successful engagement strategy, say Latham & Watkins partners Mark Gerstein and Steve Stokdyk in...more

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