The strong culture of engagement between issuers and shareholders in Europe proved to be a defining theme of the 2016 proxy season. The most striking developments during the season demonstrate the dichotomy between the progress [...]
From a proxy voter's perspective, the 2016 Brazilian proxy season was, as in past years, marred by insufficient and untimely disclosure, not to mention continued voting obstacles. Investors are longing for the 2017 implementation of [...]
The 2016 proxy season was widely expected to build on the notable improvements and encouraging trends prompted by Japan’s recent legislative and regulatory efforts to strengthen its corporate governance practice. This was broadly the case [...]
2016 has been a banner year for shareholders seeking access to corporate boardrooms. Proxy access is becoming a more established practice, with many large U.S. companies having adopted a now-standard 3%/3-years provision prior to [...]
The 2016 AGM season in the UK was widely expected to be a continuance of the relatively calm landscape of the previous three years, with the shareholder spring of 2012 confined to memory and [...]