Sentences with phrase «institutional shareholder services»

According to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) in Rockville, Md., at least 60 proxy initiatives are in the works by shareholders at major public corporations who seek to end what they see as executive compensation abuses.

«Real estate and utilities have the best practices when it comes to everything from the independence of the board to audit practices to compensation,» says Paul Wanner, ratings manager of Institutional Shareholder Services.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., the proxy advisory firm, last year gave Wynn Resorts its worst ranking for governance risk.

Speculation that Chesapeake, Virginia - based Dollar Tree would prevail increased last week when Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., an influential proxy adviser for large investors, recommended accepting the offer because of its «near certainty» of closing.

What's more, he says, anyone who questions the firm's fairness should check the Institutional Shareholder Services corporate governance rankings.

He was subsequently a securities litigation and SEC enforcement partner with one of the world's largest law firms (now known as DLA Piper), and later a Vice President at Institutional Shareholder Services.

Some of the leading proxy advisory firms, namely the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co..

In the lead up to Target's 2014 annual meeting of shareholders, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., a powerful proxy advisory firm, recommended Target's shareholders vote against the election of seven of its 10 director nominees for «failing to provide sufficient risk oversight» in connection with the company's cybersecurity breach.

Consulting with corporate governance institutions such as Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. or compensation consultants regarding «say on pay» may be appropriate.

I have been a legal blogger since 2003, when after leaving the practice of law I joined a company called Institutional Shareholder Services.

Daly attributed the drop primarily to a decision by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., whose recommendations effectively dictate the votes of a large swath of institutional shareowners.

Covering equity funds in Europe worth $ 2 trillion, it was developed by two recognized climate specialists: not - for - profit CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) and ISS - Ethix Climate Solutions, part of the responsible investment arm of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc..

In his foreword to the report, Robert A. G. Monks, corporate governance expert and founder of Institutional Shareholder Services, writes: «The world needs leadership in making the best decisions about global warming and world energy needs for the next fifty years.

That support was more than offset by «no» votes from clients of proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services.

Bouncing back from their lowest level in more than a decade, proxy fights have increased dramatically thus far in 2001 and are running at nearly twice the pace as they were last year, according to Institutional Shareholder Services.

Institutional Shareholder Services («ISS») issued its unbiased well - researched report publicly recommending a vote against the merger.

«The biotechs have been his big winners recently,» particularly investments in ImClone Systems and MedImmune, said Mr. Young at Institutional Shareholder Services.

Institutional Shareholder Services recommended Facebook investors withhold support from five directors including Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Leading Proxy Advisor, Recommends RiceBran Technologies Shareholders Vote «FOR» ALL RiceBran Nominees

RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «Company»), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. («ISS»), the nation's leading independent proxy advisory firm, has issued a report recommending that RiceBran Technologies shareholders vote on the WHITE proxy card «FOR» the election of ALL the Company's director nominees — W. John Short, Marco V. Galante, David Goldman, Baruch Halpern, Henk W. Hoogenkamp, Robert C. Schweitzer and Peter A. Woog — at RiceBran Technologies» Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the «Annual Meeting») on June 22, 2016.

Proxy - advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services and Egan - Jones recommended that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders reject Carl Icahn» proposal that the company repurchase an additional $ 50 billion worth of shares.

Bank of America commented on E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) Monday following the endorsement of Nelson Peltz and John H. Myers as candidates for the board of directors by Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS).

The bill, now on its way to the Senate, would require the two leading advisors in the Crescent Point dispute, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass Lewis & Co., to formally register with the SEC and within those filings «disclose their potential conflicts of interest and codes of ethics.»

Institutional Shareholder Services, a leading proxy advisory service, has recommended on Wednesday that GFI Group Inc (NYSE: GFIG) shareholders reject the proposed merger agreement with CME Group Inc (NYSE: CME), given $ 5.85 stock and cash offer is inferior to BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:...

GM leadership opposed the plan, and shareholder advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis both recommended GM shareholders vote against Greenlight's proposal.

He's the Managing Director and Head of ISS - Ethix Climate Solutions — a unit of Institutional Shareholder Services that enables investors to understand, measure and act upon the implications of climate change on investments.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the largest proxy advisory firm in the U.S., acquired research firm EVA Dimensions last month to improve the quality of the fundamental research it gives to its clients.

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One of those services, Institutional Shareholder Services, advised its clients to vote against the greenhouse gas resolution this year, reversing years of recommending «yes» votes.

Proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services considers hedging and pledging a failure of risk oversight sufficient to warrant possible votes against directors, a committee or the entire board.

That support was more than offset by «no» votes from clients of proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has issued a voting recommendation inconsistent with the Board's recommendation on the say on pay proposal.

Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services on Saturday recommended investors vote against the re-election of five Equifax Inc directors who served on the company's audit and technology committees prior to a 2017 data breach.

April 14 Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services on Saturday recommended investors vote against the re-election of five Equifax Inc directors who served on the company's audit and technology committees prior to a 2017 data breach.

At present, the board of Amazon.com, Inc. includes no racial or ethnic minorities, according to data from Institutional Shareholder Services, and just three women.

In addition to this core product line, RiskMetrics owned Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a pioneer in the development of policy - based proxy voting recommendations.

And as usual, advisory firms like Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) are joining with the public pension funds to demand governance reforms that perform better in theory than in practice.

On October 22, 2014, Institutional Shareholder Services issued a note to clients entitled «The IRR of «No».»

Most of the close to 50 investors surveyed said recommendations from firms like Glass Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. have a «low influence» on how they vote at annual meetings for companies they own.

Last year, base salary accounted for just 8 percent of CEO pay for S&P 500 companies, while cash and stock incentives made up more than 45 percent, according to proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services.

Issuers worry that proxy advisory firms — specifically, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. — wield significant influence yet have no accountability.

Influential advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), has given its clients the go - ahead to back the proposed Tesla - SolarCity merger.

A 2001 survey by the NACD and Institutional Shareholder Services of 5,000 public company boards shows that 99 % have audit committees, and 91 % have compensation committees.

Patrick McGurn of Institutional Shareholder Services, like other expert observers, has frequently questioned the financial literacy of troubled companies» audit committee members.

And Institutional Shareholder Services, which supports shareholder resolutions that separate the roles of chair and CEO in many circumstances, acknowledged in an independent analysis that «attempts to correlate the separation of positions with market performance have been inconclusive.»

From 2001 through October 2003, he served as Senior Policy Analyst for Proxy Voter Services, a division of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) serving the Taft - Hartley community.

Last week, an influential shareholder advisory group — Institutional Shareholder Services — even recommended that investors embrace the BG takeover, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Elsewhere in governance, on Friday the Wall Street Journal endorsed Jamie Dimon's criticism of shareholders who lazily follow the voting recommendations of Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis, and Nicholas Donatiello and Harvey Pitt argued that the Securities and Exchange Commission should regulate proxy voting to reduce the influence, and conflicts of interest, of ISS and Glass Lewis.

At Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), she worked on the executive compensation team as a senior analyst until 2010, with a particular focus on change of control packages, and analyzed «say on pay» resolutions.

About ISS Founded in 1985 as Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., ISS is the world's leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment (RI) solutions for asset owners, asset managers, hedge funds, and asset service providers.