Global Shares
The Optimizer’s Editor Interviews John Bagdonas, Vice President, Business Development, Global Shares
Introducing Loyaltyshares… A Truly Revolutionary Development That, Among Other Things, Lets Public Companies Turn Debt Into Equity…
The Optimizer’s Editor Interviews Ellen Philip And Cal Donly Of Ellen Philip Associates
Computershare: Committed To Service Quality
An Interview With Jay McHale, President, US Equity Services, Computershare
Proxy Solicitation – The Next Generation
An Interview With Michael Mackey, President, Alliance Advisors, LLC
When The Protectors Of Abandoned Property Become The Predators… What Should Public Companies Be Doing??
An Interview With Bob Irvine, President And Jennifer Borden, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Unclaimed Property Recovery And Reporting, LLC
Outsource The Corporate Secretary Role?
Does It Ever Make Sense For A Company To Outsource The Corporate Secretary Role? Or To Bring Someone In Temporarily, To Supplement Existing Staff? Kris Veaco, Founder Of The Veaco Group In San Francisco, Shares Some Insights… And Some Recent Case Histories
Laurel Hill Advisory Group
An Interview With Dr. William J. Catacosinos, Chairman, Laurel Hill Advisory Group
Tumult In The Proxy Solicitation Industry As The “Assets” Take The Elevators Down At Night… And Ride New Ones Up Next Day
Issuers Ask, “Who Moved My Cheese?” And “Who’s Who In This Suddenly Crazy Space?” And “What, If Anything, Should We Be Doing?”
OMG! The Fastest Way To Vote Proxies In 2010 Turns Out To Be Snail-Mail!
This year we are paying much closer attention to the proxy packages we receive than we ever did before. And we know we’re far from alone here, although how carefully most other individual investors will attend to these matters…
“Dofra”, “Dodfra”, “Direct Access” And The “Proxy Plumbing Release”… Get Out Those Plumbers-Helpers Pronto!
Whether you call it “DOFRA” as Pat McGurn calls it, or “DODFRA”, to give Dodd and Frank equal billing, the Dodd-Frank act passed both houses of congress as we were drafting this issue and will likely be law before we go to press.
Podcast Alert: Annual Meeting Season 2026 — Expert Advice from Carl & Peder Hagberg
Carl and Peder Hagberg of The Shareholder Service OPTIMIZER join Meredith Ervine from TheCorporateCounsel.net to discuss proxy season risks, virtual meetings, and shareholder engagement for 2026.
Listen to hear their insights on this year’s annual meeting season.