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Issuers Put the $ in ESG

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Public companies have been talking a big game on ESG for years. Now they’re putting their money where their mouth is. Well, some of them are. Of the 100 largest U.S.-based public companies, 36 are now using ESG-related metrics in their exec...

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Vanguard Says No on Pay at Alphabet, Uber

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“Over the past year, the pandemic, economic uncertainty, and a historic social justice movement have brought environmental, social, and governance risks into sharp focus.” This comment from Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley is simultaneously one of...

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Issuers Pushed to Stand Up on Social Issues

If you streamed Hamilton last weekend, you saw opposing sides of a question facing today’s public companies personified by two 18th-century politicians. The question is whether to stake out a position on hot-button issues. Aaron Burr cautio...

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Issuers Get (Halfway) Back Into Spending, Guidance Game

As citizens emerge from shelter-in-place orders and the frozen economy thaws, issuers too have begun a return to normalcy (whatever that is). Some public companies have loosened the spending controls they implemented at the start of the pan...

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Coronavirus Puts Scrutiny on Executive Compensation

One month ago, Bob Chapek assumed the position of CEO in a high-profile changing of the guard at The Walt Disney Company. He’s already taking a pay cut. With the coronavirus continuing to spread, Disney disclosed on March 30 that its execut...

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