Big Transformations in the Employee Stock Ownership World… Including A Quick “Who’s Who” Analysis
We literally jerked to attention when we saw the news on page-one of the WSJ that Morgan Stanley is acquiring Solium Capital, Inc. – a Canadian firm “which manages the stock that employees receive as part of their pay”… for a whopping $900 million … “the largest takeover by any Wall Street firm since the [financial industry] crisis.”
A Few “Early Returns” From the Annual Meeting Front… And Maybe A Late-Breaking Shocker
Let’s start with the potential shocker: Just as we were locking up this issue came news from Vanguard, which is rolling out a new policy to vote in most cases against directors who hold two or more board seats in addition to their own company’s seat…starting now. We haven’t seen firm numbers yet on just how many director candidates will be affected – but we guess there will be a lot.
Transfer Agency Fees: Are You Paying High 20th Century Fees for Low 21st Century Activities … And For Things You Don’t Need?
Right now, most of our readers are up to their eyeballs in Annual Meeting-related activities…So it might seem weird to run this article right now.
An Update on What’s Up – And What’s New – In the Hurley-Burley Transfer Agent World
Ordinarily, we lead off the 1st quarter issue with our “Early Returns” from the Annual Meeting front. But since our last update on the Transfer Agency world in our year-end Special Supplement - focusing on “Transforming Shareholder Relations” - there has been an...
THE HOTTEST NEW ISSUES ON ACTIVISTS’ 2019 MEETING AGENDAS
The number-one new issue for issuers to focus on as they prepare for their 2019 proxy disclosures, and their all-important “early engagement” activities is - and we say this with very mixed emotions - your company’s management of “Human Capital.” On the one hand, the...
People: 2018Q4
Donna Ackerly, who had, for many years, been one of the busiest, most popular and most client-oriented people at Georgeson, has signed-on as a Senior Vice President - Business Development at Laurel Hill Advisors. We are so happy for Donna, and for Laurel Hill as well,...
Hot Topics, Trends, and Tips for Transforming Shareholder Relations in 2019
Some practical advice, cost savings tips, and details of the hot topics and trends in the field of proxy solicitation and governance advisory work: As a proxy firm, our business brings us in contact with the most influential institutional investors in the world and...
Transformations in the Transfer Agency World
An Update on the Number-One Question Your Editors Get: “What’s Up With All Those Transfer Agents?” The Transfer Agency industry, as most long-term readers know, has been undergoing a rapid and rather massive transformation for well over a decade now. The latest view...
Maybe the Biggest Breakthrough Ever, We Say, To Increase Retail Investor Voting
In mid-November, Broadridge Financial Solutions announced that big retail broker Raymond James Financial is all set to effect “mobile integration of shareholder voting...to enhance the investor experience...and simplify shareholder voting” for the upcoming...
The Top-Three Things You Should Fear to Hear at Your 2019 Meeting of Shareholders
If there is one thing that will strike fear into the heart and mind of an unprepared Meeting-Chair, it is this question from the floor: “Who counted those votes, Madam Chairman”…and secondly, “how do we know the results are correct?” Your editor-in-chief has heard...
