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Shareholder proposals are rarely successful. However, before your proposal can even be considered, it first needs to pass muster, and there are many reasons why it can be “excluded” by management. Below is a basic summary of many of the …
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The stock market still has not recovered from the meltdown of 2008, and many companies have had severe reductions in their workforces, but CEO compensation of major U.S. companies rose 36.5% last year. Why is there this disconnect between stock …
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Since the early 1980s, I have practiced as a licensed New York psychologist and psychoanalyst, specializing in the treatment of financial services executives, and their families. I have witnessed the dramatic evolution and cyclical implosion of our modern financial sector. …
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Marty Lipton and David Karpview view as “significant” the announced effort by BlackRock Inc., which invests over $3.345 trillion of client assets, to take a direct interest in the governance of the companies in which they invest. According to this …
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Shareholder activism is rarely a level playing field, so you need to enlist every available advantage possible to advance your campaign. Depending on the maturity of your campaign, the realistic likelihood of its success, your knowledge of the company and …
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More than 40 investors joined in filing and co-filing the resolution seeking comprehensive disclosure of corporate lobbying. Among them are New York State Common Retirement Funds, Walden Asset Management, the AFSCME Employees Pension Plan, Needmor Fund, PAX World Fund, Tides …
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As a shareholder in a publicly traded company, you should not be taken for granted. Transparency should not be optional. Shareholders deserve visibility and clarity so they can trust and have faith in the companies they co-own, and in the …
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Morality should always be a core component of your investing portfolio, and not only for the sake of integrity. It makes good business sense. This is especially the case when investing in companies that operate in emerging markets. Emerging markets—nations …
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No one said shareholder activism was easy…or cheap. A shareholder proposal is one action a shareholder, or group of shareholders, can take to attempt to affect change. This is a formal proposal submitted by a shareholder or a group of …
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The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation, according to the Commission’s mission statement posted online. Shareholders need to be aware of the roll role …
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