Update on the Oversight and Regulation of Proxy Advisors

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the rescission in the 2022 Final Amendments which would have required proxy advisor firms to provide their voting ...

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

This installment of our Annual Memo will focus on key considerations for 2024 Annual Meeting Proxy Statements in three subsections.

SEC Adopts Amendments to Proxy Rules Governing Proxy Voting ...

The final amendments aim to avoid burdens on proxy voting advice businesses that may impair the timeliness and independence of their advice.

Huizenga Delivers Remarks at Hearing to Scrutinize the Failed Use ...

Washington, September 10, 2024 -. Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, led by Chairman Bill Huizenga (MI-04), ...

Proxy advisors are essential for investor engagement - key topics to ...

Glass Lewis and ISS have released their benchmark policy surveys, investors can use the responses to feedback on climate-related issues in ...

ISS and Glass Lewis Release 2024 Proxy Advisor Guidance

Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis each recently released updates to their proxy voting guidelines for the United ...

OVERSIGHT OF THE PROXY ADVISORY INDUSTRY | Congress.gov

The proxy advisory industry provides sound independent recommendations to investors in order to maximize shareholder value.

New Report: Proxy Season Analysis Shows Companies Still ...

WASHINGTON, DC – As Congress holds hearings on the influence of proxy advisors on shareholder voting decisions on questions related to ESG ...

House Committee on Financial Services August 1, 2024

On February 3, 2023, shortly after the start of the 118th Congress, Chairman Patrick. McHenry of the United States House Committee on ...

Oversight of Proxy Voting Advisors: US and EU Regulators Converge

The proxy voting advisory and research industry, which includes leaders ISS and Glass Lewis, are increasingly at the center of a whipsaw ...

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'” This paper, Failed Say on Pay: How Do Companies Course Correct after to a 'No' Vote?, from the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University, ...

Proxy Advisory Firm Policy Updates for the 2023 Proxy Season

Proxy advisory firms Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced updates to their voting guidelines for investors.

Proxy Advisors Update Voting Guidelines for 2022 Focusing…

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the leading proxy advisors in the United States, have announced updates and ...

Glass Lewis - Proxy Voting

Glass Lewis is a leading provider of global governance solutions, helping institutional investors and public companies with stewardship ...

House Financial Services panel hearing probes proxy advisors' ESG ...

Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., said advisors are becoming “de facto standard setters” for governance, while a witness compared them to consultants who help ...

Proxy Advisory Firms Issue 2023 Voting Guidelines

Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass Lewis & Co. LLC ("Glass Lewis"), the two major proxy advisory firms, recently issued ...

Proxy Advisors Update Voting Guidelines for 2023 Focusing…

ISS and Glass Lewis, the leading proxy advisors in the United States, have announced updates and clarifications for their voting guidelines for the 2023 proxy ...

Corporate Governance Oversight and Proxy Advisory Firms

Proxy advisors are important because institutional investors—pensions, college endowments, and investment management companies—dominate shareholder voting. A ...

SEC's Proposed Regulation of Proxy Advisors raises concerns ...

By: Krishna Pathak. In November 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules regarding proxy advisors.[1] The Notice of Proposed ...

Oversight of the Proxy Advisory Industry - Congress.gov

Oversight of the Proxy Advisory Industry118th Congress (2023-2024). House Committee Hearing. Hide Overview. Committee: House Financial Services. Subcommittee: ...