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CalPERS Proxy Voting Guidelines


Preparing for the 2024 Proxy Season - Wilson Sonsini

As we enter the 2024 proxy season, public companies should consider a number of key disclosure and governance matters.

Survey Evidence on the Developing Role of Public Pension Funds ...

Smith, Shareholder Activism by Institutional. Investors: Evidence from CalPERS, 51 J. FIN. 227, 251 (1996) (reporting that CalPERS received a.

Keeping Politics Out of Texas Pensions Through Proxy Voting Reform

Over the past decade, the rise of the environmental, social, and governance. (ESG) investing trend has driven a new form of activism that seeks ...

Unlocking the Power of the Proxy | NCFP

Active proxy voting means paying attention to issues raised by shareholders that have corporate governance or social implications for foundations, developing a ...

Recent Developments in the Use of Proxy Voting to Influence ...

1. Walker, Corporate Governance Issues and Their Fiduciary Implications, Em- ployee Benefits Digest (lnt'l Found of Empl Benefit Plans), Vol 26 ...

A Path Toward Shareholder Democracy and Stakeholder Engagement

Even though the modern proxy voting system has negatively impacted particular aspects of the annual meeting, one cannot ig- nore its benefits and added ...

Is There A Relatively Easy Fix To Mollify Critics Of ESG Investing?

ESG critics argue that institutions foist E&S policies on companies without disclosing these policies. Voting data of institutions are ...

Proposed Rule on 'Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and ...

As a long- term investor in more than 10,000 public companies across the world, State Street. Global Advisors believes that voting on proxy ...

GETTING INVOLVED IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

CII member funds' long investment horizons and heavy reliance on indexing and other passive investment strategies make it tough for them to do the “Wall ...

Proxy Voting & Corporate Engagement Update - CalPERS

Corporate Board Diversity and Accountability. ✓ 88% of companies engaged since July 2017 have since added at least one diverse director to their ...

New Report: The Hidden Risk in State Pensions - Sierra Club

Analysis reveals pensions failing to protect beneficiaries from climate-related financial risk.

Standing Voting Instructions: Empowering the Excluded Retail Investor

SVI allows investors to designate their voting preferences in advance of shareholders' meet- ings and have their shares voted in accordance with those ...

Does Confidential Proxy Voting Matter? - jstor

Confidential voting in corporate proxies is a principal recommendation in activist institutional investors' corporate governance guidelines because they believe ...

Institutional Shareholders' - EdwardHauder.com - Ed Hauder

Print Friendly, PDF & Email Proxy Voting Guidelines. Below are links to selected institutions' proxy voting guidelines (if publicly available).

Three Key Considerations for Companies Heading into 2024 Proxy ...

So how will this. ESG tension impact institutional investors and proxy advisors this proxy season? We offer below three key considerations for ...

TEN HOT TOPICS & ONE REMINDER: - Vinson & Elkins LLP

... proxy voting guidelines, and. • (iii) trends in ESG proposals and disclosures. We will also discuss common annual report and proxy statement errors ...

Proxy Voting Analytics (2016–2019)

The Center is an interdisciplinary forum for research, analysis, and discussion of current issues in corporate law and governance. The Center ...

The Role of a Proxy Advisor - Utah Office of State Treasurer

Proxy voting is a critical component of the corporate governance system and we are proud of the long- standing work we continue to do to help ...

Update on Board Diversity Developments

Companies over the past few proxy seasons have been receiving shareholder proposals, often from small coalitions or groups of investors, ...

Shareholder Proposal Developments During the 2021 Proxy Season

The number of social and environmental proposals also significantly increased, collectively overtaking governance proposals as the most ...