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Tag: PROXY

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AI Takes on Proxy Advisors

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It looks like proxy advisors may be able to join the growing number of white-collar workers fretting over potential obsolescence thanks to artificial intelligence. That may sound like an overreaction to the news that one financial services...

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Year in Review: Five Key Themes in Corporate Governance for 2025

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As 2025 entered its waning months, a handful of topics kept resurfacing on this blog. They reflected the ways in which companies were genuinely reshaping how they think about governance, disclosure and risk. Here’s a look back at five of th...

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SEC Steps Back on Shareholder Proposals

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For decades, companies have relied on Rule 14a-8 as a stabilizing force in an otherwise unpredictable part of the proxy season, allowing companies to seek informal guidance on excluding shareholder proposals. The Securities and Exchange Com...

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In Move Against Activist Investors, Exxon Opens Up Auto Voting

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For retail investors, proxy season offers an opportunity to let the C-suite know how they feel about the direction of a company. Mom and pop probably aren’t getting a private audience with the CEO or the board of directors any time soon, bu...

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SEC’s Abrupt Change of Course on Proposals Shakes Up Proxy Season

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Investors’ favorite time of year, proxy season, is right around the corner. New guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission has added a wrinkle to this year’s festivities, though. This month, a bulletin from the SEC Division of Cor...

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