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Voting Decisions at US Mutual Funds: How Investors Really Use Proxy Advisers The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute and Tapestry Networks (Tapestry) hosted a webinar on Monday, June 4, 2012, to review the findings of a new report, “Voting …
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Sabbatical comes from the Latin sabbaticus meaning a “rest from work, or a hiatus.” Not exactly… Forces, both external and internal, have seized my day. My ‘glorious’ book about the inner life of financial professionals, and the history/psychology of money …
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SharkRepellent.net documents the use of PX14A6G filings surged in 2012, Proponents Increasingly Proactive Promoting Their Issues. According to John Laide’s post, the number of such campaigns had already reached 45, versus 27 during all of last year. Read any good PX14A6G …
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It is common knowledge that people are not driven solely by the prospect of financial rewards. Yet, in business, motivational tools for top executives—particularly the CEO—almost singularly comprise financial incentives. In 1980, only 10 percent of the UK’s largest FTSE100 …
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Financial professionals have access to an increasingly sophisticated arsenal of instruments and strategies. Depending upon circumstances, an institution, or even an individual, can create catastrophic damage. Consider the “naked” short sell, touted by industry critics and grandstanding politicos as the …
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Just as corporations are facing demands for increased democracy through proxy access proposals and vague protests from Occupy Wall Street, some cooperatives, with long-held democratic values are in danger of shifting in the opposite direction through internal takeovers or dismantlement. …
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A new analysis indicates that: Average support for shareholder proposals focused on environmental and social (E+S) issues has more than doubled among U.S. companies, according to “Key Characteristics of Prominent Shareholder-sponsored Proposals on Environmental and Social Topics, 2005-2011,” a recently …
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It was the last SVNACD event of the season and I’m already looking forward to new programs. Another great program, led by the following: Skip Battle serves as chairman of Fair, Isaac and Company and director of LinkedIn, Sungevity and Workday. …
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Criterion behavior focuses on what you (the individual person) bring to the table. Your imagination, inventiveness, communication skills, cognitive skills, productivity, work ethic, character, personality, courage, self-respect and respect for other people are paramount for life success. This, ultimately, is …
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On May 8, 2012, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Silicon Valley office hosted a one day symposium on Weathering a Crisis for corporate leaders and general counsel. Panel discussions focused on how to effectively handle a crisis before it becomes public; how …
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