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Latest news in the proxy voting space

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Featured reports

September 2021

Reining in compensation
European shareholders are using newfound voting powers to oppose more executive compensation schemes.
A research-based approach
An interview with Michelle Dunstan and Diana Lee, AllianceBernstein.

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August 2021

ESG comes to Canada
TSX-listed companies are under pressure from investors to disclose their ESG-related data.
The Butterfly Effect
An interview with Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow.

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July 2021

Board Diversity Deliberations
U.S. companies held to increasingly strict standards.
Strengthening Climate Accountability
An interview with Michael Hugman of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
Acting on the Climate Crisis
Morgan LaManna and Rob Berridge of Ceres look at climate shareholder proposal

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June 2021

The ESG Floodgates Open
ESG no-action requests and the SEC's new leadership
Measuring for Success
An interview with Robert Walker State Street Global Advisors
Weak opposition
Voting against executive pay proposals

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May 2021

Connect the dots
An interview with Katherine Collins and Nancy Florek of Putnam Investments
The climate revolution
The rise of 'say on climate'
One, big, happy family
Universal proxy ballots

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April 2021

Targets for Transition
An interview with Geneviève Bouthillier of Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec
Earning Through ESG
ESG compensation metrics
No Action, No Problem
No-action letters following recent SEC reforms

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March 2021

ESG Evolution
Voting policy changes
Engage for Change
An interview with Adrie Heinsbroek of NN Investment Partners
Catching the Green Swan
Putting a value on climate change

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February 2021

Reaching a Boiling Point
Political contributions disclosure
A Breath of Fresh Air
An interview with Drew Hambly of Morgan Stanley
In Hock
FirstCash could be vulnerable to activism

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January 2021

An Uphill Battle
Shareholder proposals in Asia
Open Dialogue
An interview with Rupert Krefting of M&G
ESG Goes to Washington
What Biden's presidency could mean for ESG

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December 2020

Alphabet Soup
An interview with Catherine Winner of Goldman Sachs
Setting the Agenda
A look at no action requests

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November 2020

Making Themselves Heard
A look at Australian shareholder proposals
Diverse Opinions
ISS' and Glass Lewis' new diversity policies

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October 2020

Turning up the Heat?
A look at environmental proposals
The Next Step
An interview with Hanna Kaskela of Varma

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September 2020

Holding the Course
A look at this year's voting trends
The Long View
An interview with Patti Gazda of OPERS

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August 2020

Industrial Resolutions
A look at voting trends across industries
Behind the Scenes
An interview with Jonathan Bailey of Neuberger Berman

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July 2020

Important Milestones
An interview with Nicole Bradford of Cbus Super
A Bespoke Approach
Rationales for votes against S&P500 directors

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June 2020

Accelerated Evolution
An interview with Jeanett Bergan of KLP
Retiring Outsize Pensions
Revolts against UK executive pensions

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May 2020

Divine Intervention
A look at religious investors
Historical Perspective
An Interview with William Butterly of Boston Partners

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April 2020

Protect and Grow
An interview with Ray Cameron of BlackRock
Evolving Priorities
A look at voting policy updates

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March 2020

Tailored Voting
An interview with Paul Clark of UBS Asset Management
Divining Shareholder Sentiment
The votes that could warn of revolts.

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February 2020

Pressing for Change
A look at shareholder proposals in the S&P500
Economic Realities
An interview with Nell Minow of ValueEdge Advisors

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January 2020

A Human Touch
An interview with Nomura Asset Management
Japan vs The World
International voting on Japanese directors

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December 2019

Diversity of Thought
An interview with Gwen Le Berre of Parametric
A Truly Long-Term View
An interview with Bridget Murphy of WSIB

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November 2019

Turning the Page
An overview of Greece's largest ever corporate governance event
Strengthening Governance
An interview with Florent Deixonne of Lyxor

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October 2019

Boots on the Ground
An interview with Tom Elliott of Capital Group
The Right Direction
Little change with this year's N-PX disclosures

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August 2019

Evolving Governance
An interview with Cristina Ungureanu of Eurizon Capital
The Right Direction
George Dallas discusses the recent ICGN conference

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July 2019

Butting Heads
A look at Stobart's AGM
Doing the Right Thing
An interview with James Miller of Alliance Advisors

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June 2019

The Voice of Shareholders
An interview with Massimo Menchini of Assogestioni
Omnibus Opposition
A look at omnibus stock plans

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May 2019

Director Overboard!
A look at overboarding
Taking Voting Seriously
An interview with Shirley Peoples of Calvert

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April 2019

Diving Into Diversity
A look at director elections and board gender diversity
Principles-Based Voting
An interview with Ole Buhl of ATP

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March 2019

You can Go Your Own Way
An interview with David Styles of the FRC
Binding Votes Pay Off?
Advisory vs Binding Pay Votes

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February 2019

Stewardship Measuring Risk
An interview with Euan Stirling of Standard Life Aberdeen
The More Things Change
An analysis of 2019 policy changes

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January 2019

A Touch of Class
Investors Can Take or Leave Classified Boards
Solutions in Search of a Problem
An Interview with CII Editor Rosemary Lally

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December 2018

Watching the Watchers
An Analysis of Auditor Ratification
Discretion is the Better Part of Valor
Royal London's Ashley Hamilton Claxton

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November 2018

Looking Backwards to Move Forwards
The IR Society's Webinar
Moving Beyond the Gifted Amateur
An Interview with the IoD's Roger Barker

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October 2018

A Double-Edged Sword
An Interview with Union Investment's Ingo Speich
Staying International
An Interview with ICGN's George Dallas

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September 2018

A Mine of Information
Disclosure Season for US Mutual Funds
Reforming Process
An Interview with AIRA's CEO Ian Matheson

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August 2018

Blunder Down Under?
Australia on Track for a More Turbulent Proxy Season
A Collective Endeavor
An Interview with the High Pay Centre's Luke Hildyard

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July 2018

Season's meetings
Record failed Say-on-Pay votes this US proxy season
Hard-wired governance
An interview with Baillie Gifford's Andrew Cave

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June 2018

Sustainable futures
An interview with As You Sow's Rosanna Weaver
Feeling excluded
Management's new tactic on special meeting proposals

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May 2018

Starting with a blank sheet
An interview with OMGI's Freddie Woolfe
The road less travelled
An analysis of German corporate governance

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April 2018

Insightful or deceptive?
An analysis of US pay ratios
Ringing in the changes
Proxy voting policy updates 2018

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March 2018

Fearless girl?
Getting on board with diversity
Devil in the detail
An interview with RBC GAM's Judy Cotte

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February 2018

Investing in society
An interview with Therese Niklasson
Pay cuts pay off
An analysis of the Australian proxy season

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January 2018

Pulling teeth
An interview with John Chevedden
At the forefront of stewardship
With APG's David Shammai

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December 2017

Nurturing global best-practice
An interview with BMO GAM’s Daniel Jarman
Non! Nein! Nej!
European Investors say no to US Say-on-Pay

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November 2017

Targeted accountability
An interview with Voya's Sara Donaldson
Board of the dead
An analysis of zombie directors

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October 2017

Feeling refreshed
An interview with Schroders' Jessica Ground
Changing by degrees
Investor sentiments on climate change

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September 2017

Symbiotic voting
An interview with AllianceBernstein's Linda Giuliano
Peltz's latest gamble
Comparing Trian's proxy contests at P&G and DuPont

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August 2017

Voting architects
An interview with Robeco
The corporate world divided
An analysis of independent board chairs

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July 2017

The gray zone
An interview with W Robert Main III, Head of Portfolio Company Engagement, Analysis and Voting at Vanguard
Swimming against the current
An analysis of dual stock structures

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June 2017

Regulating the US wilderness
An interview with Matthew Filosa, Director of Corporate Governance and Proxy Voting at MFS
Retaking the wheel
ISS Auto-voters take action to become even more passive

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May 2017

Custodians of civil society
An interview with James Corah, Head of Ethical and Responsible Investment at CCLA
Breaking the ice
Investors warm to climate change

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April 2017

Global, yet specific
An interview with Michael Herskovich, Head Of Corporate Governance at BNP Paribas Investment Partners
LTIP-ing point
Is this the end of long-term incentive plans?

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March 2017

Is Executive pay broken?
Rupal Patel and Davis Ellis, partners at EY propose a new model
Poisoned chalice?
Investor voting on golden parachutes

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January 2017

Avant-garde returns to France
An interview with Loïc Dessaint, CEO of Proxinvest
Don't shoot the messenger
The influence of proxy advisers

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December 2016

Super voting
An interview with Andrew Gray, Senior Governance Manager at AustralianSuper
Compensation Advisory Partners
Voting practices for say-on-pay

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November 2016

Slowly, but surely
An Interview with George Iguchi, Head of Corporate Governance at Nissay AM
Reforming Japan’s corporate culture
Abe’s third arrow struggles to fully pierce Japan Inc.

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September 2016

The calm before the storm?
2016 UK AGM review
Beyond annual say-on-pay
An analysis of the Australian two-strike system

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August 2016

Through the looking glass
An Interview with KT Rabin, CEO at Glass Lewis
Paying the price
An analysis of advisory/binding say on pay

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July 2016

Working with activism
Rolls Royce & Value Act
Imposing minority representation
An analysis of cumulative voting

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June 2016

Mainstreaming ESG
An interview with Karin Halliday, Corporate Governance at AMP
Shaken, not stirred
Stock Spirits' proxy contest

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May 2016

Spotlight on boards
An interview with James McRitchie, Shareholder Advocate
Say on pay
Shareholder spring returns

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March 2016

Branching out
An interview with Clare Payn, Head of Corporate Governance North America, L&G
Choosing a battleground
An analysis of voting on exclusive forum provisions

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February 2016

France after Florange
An interview with Shade Duffy, Head of Corporate Governance at AXA
Vive la difference
A review of proxy voting in France

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January 2016

Guiding the stewards
An interview with Andrew Ninian, Director of Corporate Governance. Investment Association.
New sense or nuisance
An analysis of proxy access

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December 2015

2015 Swiss AGM season
Daniele Vitale of Georgeson examines the highlights
Activism in Europe
A Proxy Insight study into institutional investor attitudes

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September 2015

Green Century
An interview with Kristina Curtis, SVP at Green Century
2015 Proxy season review
A Proxy Insight analysis

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July 2015

Principles, not policy
An interview with Ian Burger from Newton
Why ISS couldn't win in for Peltz
A Proxy Insight analysis

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June 2015

On target
An interview with Alison Schneider from AIMCo
Oh, Canada
A Proxy Insight analysis

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May 2015

As long as there are teachers
An interview with Anne Sheehan at CalSTRS)
Tenuous tenure
US pension fund voting

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February 2015

Counting the cost of failure
An interview with Neville White from Ecclesiastical IM
Proxy access... or not
A Proxy Insight analysis

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November 2014

Shh! Quiet diplomacy
An interview with Bess Joffe, MD Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
Inside the SEC
An interview with Broc Romanek

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September 2014

The thin red line
An interview with Rebecca Vine and Trelawny Williams of Fidelity
Be prepared or prepare to fail
Do’s and don’t’s of preparing for 2015 proxy season

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July 2014

Surgical focus
An interview with Mike McCauley of Florida SBA
Embracing the shareholder spring
An commentary from Josh Black at Activist Insight

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June 2014

Hardline? How about insightful?
An interview with Tim Bush, Head of Governance at PIRC
Do investors really hate poison pills?
A Proxy Insight analysis

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May 2014

A line in the sand
An interview with Jonas Kron, Director at Trillium AM Management LLC
Institutions companies fear most
A Proxy Insight analysis

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Other reports

Sample Vote Tracker Report
Wells Fargo & Company 25th April 2017

Press Release
BIG DROP IN INVESTOR SUPPORT FOR PAY

UK remuneration review 2015
An analysis of voting on remuneration resolutions at UK companies

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