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SEC Proxy Rules and the Need for Further Analysis


SEC Proxy Rules and the Need for Further Analysis

In August 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC”) published guidance on the use of proxy advisors by investment advisors and, ...

What's going on with the SEC's proxy advisor rules? - Cooley PubCo

SEC, which, in February of this year, vacated the SEC's 2020 rule that advice from proxy advisory firms was a “solicitation” under the proxy ...

SEC Clarifies Proxy Rules of the Road | Insights - Venable LLP

Since August 31, 2022, Rule 14a-19 (the "Universal Proxy Rules") have mandated the use of universal proxy cards by management and stockholders ...

Proxy Statement - SEC.gov

The SEC requires that shareholders of a company whose securities are registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 receive ...

Annual Meetings and Proxy Requirements - SEC.gov

A reporting company must comply with the SEC's proxy rules whenever its management submits proposals to shareholders that will be subject to a shareholder vote.

Key Considerations for the 2024 Annual Reporting and Proxy ...

Further, proxy advisory firms have increasingly focused on ... SEC's universal proxy rules, adopted last year.19 With this in mind ...

SEC Adopts Controversial 'Proxy Access' Rules

On August 25, the SEC adopted the highly controversial “proxy access” rules requiring company proxy materials to provide shareholders with information about ...

SEC Clarifies RIAs' Proxy Voting Responsibilities - ACA Group

Rule 204-2 requires RIAs to maintain certain records relating to proxy voting. RIAs that exercise voting authority with respect to a client's securities are ...

SEC Adopts Final Rule Requiring Additional Proxy Voting Disclosures

First, for proxy votes where a proxy card (also known as a “form of proxy”) is required to be filed with the SEC, the Final Rule now requires ...

Lessons From the First Few Contests Under the Universal Proxy ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) new universal proxy rules, which took effect for meetings after August 31, 2022, require ...

Commission Interpretation and Guidance Regarding the ...

5. SEC Staff Legal Bulletin No. 20, Proxy Voting: Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers and Availability of Exemptions from the ...

SEC Introduces Universal Proxy Rule | News - Haynes Boone, LLP

The new rules require the use of a universal proxy card. This card must include the names of all duly nominated director candidates proposed by any party for ...

SEC Issues Guidance on Investment Advisers' Use of Proxy Firms ...

The IA Release provides that an investment adviser should have policies and procedures in place that are reasonably designed to ensure that the ...

SEC Publishes New Guidance on Investment Advisers' Proxy Voting ...

An investment adviser that retains a proxy advisor must have in place policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that its voting ...

SEC Guidance for Investment Advisers and Proxy Advisory Firms

Accordingly, in voting client securities, an investment adviser must adopt and implement policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure ...

Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management ...

Say-on-Pay Vote Disclosure for Institutional Investment Managers ... New rule 14Ad-1 requires managers subject to the reporting requirements of ...

PROXY ACCESS AND OPTIMAL STANDARDIZATION IN ...

including the SEC's failed rule, may put in perspective the subsequent ... access, it appears to have been for standard 3/3 terms with the additional. BAP ...

IAC Recommendation Concerning SEC Guidance and Rule ...

In the case of proxy advisors, the proposing rule release is devoid of sustained analysis of the actual market affected by the proposed rule: ...

SEC Provides Guidance Relating to the Proxy Voting Process

The Proxy Voting Rule requires registered investment advisers to adopt and ... necessitate that the adviser conduct a more detailed analysis than what ...

Mapping the Landscape of Comments to the SEC's New Proxy Rules

In November 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at the roles played by proxy ...