Sentences with phrase «voting policy of»

Additionally, it is the board of each fund, rather than the board of each company, are responsible for establishing the proxy voting policies of each fund.

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«As a manager or as an employer, you can circulate a memo as you're approaching an election, for example, reminding everyone that they're encouraged to vote and have a right to their own opinion, but that their expressions of their political beliefs should be respectful and in keeping with workplace policy.

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The motion, a broadly worded declaration of support for foreign policy, received 158 votes in favor, below the necessary majority of 160 votes and was followed by a chorus of opposition calls for the government to «quit, quit, quit».

«What has changed is that while there used to be a modicum of congressional bargaining across major policy developments, the party in power now tries to pass legislation on straight party - line votes,» says Mr. Jillson.

WASHINGTON — President Trump's major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support — the roughly one - third of voters who solidly back him — or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic.

The likes of the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and British Columbia Investment Management Corp. have policies favouring the principle of one share, one vote.

This weekend when Liberals are voting on policy resolutions, delegates should ask themselves a series of questions:

It is now up to the delegates of the convention to vote on a series of policy proposals that — if done correctly — will enhance the vision laid out by Mr. Trudeau.

They both voted in favor of keeping the monetary policy on hold.

Cabinet ministers have been at odds over policy, including citizenship laws, the national vote on same - sex marriage and competition reform, as well as being left out of the decision loop on a series of «captain's picks» by the prime minister.

And so while Kocherlakota's thoughts on monetary policy are important to note, he does not have the same kind of impact on monetary policy that voting FOMC members like New York Fed president Bill Dudley, Chicago Fed president Charles Evans, and of course Fed chair Janet Yellen.

They were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote, but they were also protesting the limits and expectations placed on American womanhood, demanding changes to childcare and abortion policies and education and employment opportunities.

«Since 1920, women have sort of been fighting to make the vote real,» says Heidi Hartmann, the founder and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR).

They are asking for policies that most well run companies have adopted; things like majority vote standards, so directors are only elected to the board if a majority of shareholders want them there.

Also of interest, the groups that were the most negative on the new economic policies were those with college degrees and people living in the Northeast, both demographics that exit polls show voted more for Hillary Clinton.

The George W. Bush appointee isn't merely an outspoken critic of affirmative action today — he was among the most hostile questioners in Fisher and a virtual lock to vote against Texas» admissions policy — but also was part of a conservative alumni group at Princeton that was sharply critical of such policies 40 years ago, when Sotomayor was attending classes there.

The unanimous vote by the California Air Resources Board has the support of a number of top politicians in the state, including Gov. Jerry Brown and several mayors, all of whom have pledged to resist the President's potentially damaging environmental policies, the New York Times reports.

The move is a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy — a signal that consumers and businesses don't need quite as much help via monetary policy now that the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6 percent, close to what economists call full employment.

These politicians would love to tax sellers in other states, who can't vote them out of office, while retail giants welcome any policy that will squash their competition.

The policy that councillors will vote on won't immediately decrease the city's number of payday loan businesses to 15 to match its number of wards because it will grandfather in existing companies, but will prevent new ones from opening, said Tom Cooper, the director of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction.

She recommended McNabb follow «the examples of your peers» and she provided «sample [voting policy] language» from Vanguard competitor, AllianceBernstein, as a suggestion.

Lael Brainard is a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and a voting member of the Fed's policy - setting committee.

Members of the Fed's Board of Governors are permanent voting participants of the Federal Open Markets Committee, which decides monetary policy for the US.

Though the firm is maintaining a strict policy of neutrality on the vote, it said it has a responsibility to its customers to take action to protect their interests.

In the U.K., the nine - member Monetary Policy Committee decides a course of action by consensus, with each member having a single vote.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- A majority of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell as the next head of the central bank, likely ensuring continuity in monetary policy.

Canada has a long history of embracing property ownership (it was once a requirement to vote), and government policy continues to support it.

The provisions in the bill must directly affect the federal government's spending or revenue — it's a way to restrict what policies can pass under the special privileges of reconciliation, which allows a bill to advance with only 50 votes instead of the usual 60.

When the Federal Reserve's policy - making Open Market Committee meets next month to decide whether to raise interest rates, every one of the 10 voting members will be white.

Quite a few of our friends in the foreign policy expert community have ridden their opposition to Trump all the way into Clinton's camp, declaring they will vote for her bid for president.

If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want it to count in the election of directors, the vote to approve the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the vote to approve the amendment and restatement of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and the stockholder proposals requesting: (i) the elimination of supermajority voting requirements, (ii) the adoption of a policy to consider employee pay ranges when setting CEO compensation, and (iii) a report on Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high - risk regions (Proposals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this Proxy Statement).

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

Mr. Lacker, a voting member of the policy committee this year, has indicated he is likely to dissent if the Fed does not raise rates at the September meeting.

It is also possible that, even if not legally required, public companies may adopt alternative advisory vote policies in the future and adopting this proposal as a permanent policy could impair the ability of the Company to react to such future developments.

Ideally, companies should make majority voting rules part of their company's policy now.

The Board recommends a vote against each of the following shareholder proposals based on broader policy reasons as set forth in Walmart's statements in opposition following each shareholder proposal.

Long after leaving active duty, they continue to vote, volunteer and serve their communities at a high rate, serving as the best examples of citizenship,» said John Kelly, senior vice president, Social Impact & Public Policy.

These governance policies include the annual election of all Board members and a majority voting requirement for the election of directors.

Last year, over a quarter of Clarkson plc's shareholders voted against the company's remuneration report and binding pay policies after CEO Andi Case received a bonus of just under # 3m.

A plan advanced in February by then - Dallas Fed chief Richard Fisher would strip the New York Fed president of a permanent vote on monetary policy.

He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.

Bill's vast experience has been gained through years of observing shareholders and proxy advisory firms, assessing compensation practices and governance policies, and analyzing voting results and solicitation strategies.

A breakthrough for governance professionals, the newest generation of Viewpoint supports all aspects of your governance program, from the engagement you and other members of your organization do before, during and after the proxy season, to the implementation of custom policies, to the internal collaboration that results in a final vote decision, to the reporting you do for clients, management and regulators.

Such a change would reduce its influence, leaving it with a role in monetary affairs similar to that of other regional Fed banks, most of which only have a vote on policy every three years.

Given the high level of discontent expressed on the say - on pay proposal last year, when 56.6 % of non-state shareholders voted against, securing support for the proposed remuneration policy may be a challenge.

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.

A proposal from an individual investor with 60 shares to «reform executive compensation policy with social responsibility» garnered less than 7 percent of the vote.

Five years of failed austerity policies in Greece and a total breakdown in trust between the leftwing Syriza alliance and the political leaders of its creditors climaxed in a national vote in which Greeks said no to the spending cuts and tax increases demanded by its lenders...

In connection with a shareholder proposal made at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, the Company informed its shareholders that the Board had adopted a policy providing for majority voting for the election of directors in uncontested elections and that the Company would take steps to implement majority voting in its Articles and bylaws.