The Wall Street Journal runs an excellent profile today on corporate governance problems at (gasp!) RiskMetrics Group.
RiskMetrics, as owner ISS Governance Services, makes a living by proclaiming good corporate governance standards. Too bad the company doesn’t live up to its own advice.
This Wednesday, shareholders will have a chance to attend the company’s first annual shareholder meeting […]
Kudos to CtW Investment Group for bringing the issue of broker votes back to the forefront with their well-publicized letter to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox (read it here).
Long known to create a mighty conflict of interest for any brokerage firm trying to win corporate investment business, broker votes go against the grain of every major piece of financial […]
Almost lost in yesterday’s major media coverage of Motorola and Yahoo announcements was Morgan Stanley’s shareholder meeting today, where a campaign had been mounted by a union pension advisor, CtW Investment Group.
CNBC is reporting this morning that both the Vote No campaign and the Say on Pay campaign have failed. With 85% of the shareholder […]
Shareholders are barking up the tree again in advance of next week’s annual shareholder meeting at Morgan Stanley.
The Wall Street Journal writes a great piece detailing the efforts of CtW Investment Group, the investment arm of labor federation Change to Win. CtW is urging a “vote no” against three directors: Chairman/CEO John Mack, Robert Kidder, and […]
Look up ”corporate gadfly” in the dictionary, and you’ll find Evelyn Y. Davis.
Click here to view this video gem, CNBC’s annual interview with the Queen of Annual Meetings. A must see for all.
If you’ve ever wondered how companies view and prepare for annual shareholder meetings, Business First of Louisville offered a great article this weekend after interviewing officials at Texas Roadhouse, Humana, and ResCare.
Subscription is required, so let me pass along two juicy items:
Texas Roadhouse noted that last year’s annual meeting lasted 7 minutes. Yes, the entire meeting. I have attended […]
