Do You Really Believe That Printed Annual Reports Are Dead Or Dying? Analyze This:
In a move that was mighty hard for followers of the current credit market mess to miss – but one that warrants additional notice, we think – Regions Financial Corp. took four full pages of the March 18th Wall Street Journal – the first page in impossible-to-ignore chartreuse, which added even more big money to the big media ‘buy’ – to reprint the first four pages of its Annual Report.
Oh, Oh… Get Out The Tranquilizers… It’s Time To Report On Our Annual Tax-Season Stress Test Of Transfer Agent Call Centers
Heaven help us, we were so stressed out with our own regular work we almost for got to take the tax-season stress test this year.
The Best And Worst Practices We Uncovered In Our Annual Review Of Annual Meetings And Meeting Materials
It’s that time again, for one of our longest-running and most-read columns…And this year, emulating those “bests” and avoiding those “worsts” seems more important than ever.
Wining, Dining And Shopping At The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Which Is Not Just The Biggest, But The Best
Let’s take our own advice and cut straight to the chase: WHY is it the best annual meeting we’ve ever been to? Three big reasons; it’s a huge moneymaker for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders…it treats shareholders with the total respect they deserve…and…it’s a ton of fun.
An Insider’s Perspective: How To Avoid A Yahoo-Like Tabulation Nightmare
This interview first appeared in the Fall edition of Broc Romanek’s new publication, InvestorRelationships.com, which also covered another important “hot topic” in its inaugural issue, with a “Roadmap to Regulation FD under the SEC’s new website guidance”.
Career-Makers… Or Career Breakers? We Focus On Some Of The Hottest Topics, And Some Of The Hottest Products Out There – And On Two Undeservedly “Cold Ones” – And Offer Some Practical Tips On Things To Do And What To Watch Out For As You Shop The Marketplace…
And Offer Some Practical Tips On Things To Do And What To Watch Out For As You Shop The Marketplace…
Our Top-Ten Tips For Proofreading Your Annual Report And Proxy Materials… Plus Five New Tips For Today’s Web-Based Environment
Wow, we noticed… it’s been 10 years since we listed our top-ten proofreading tips… tips which several readers told us they had tacked to their walls.
With The 2008 Annual Meeting Season Barely Underway, It’s Already Shaping Up To Be The Biggest And Best Ever… For Activists That Is
The first thing to catch our eye; the number of “official proxy fights” already underway is 33% higher than last year ’s previously record-breaking rate
Top Take-Aways On The Spring ’08 Annual Meeting Season:
Every year around this time we try to reflect on the Spring Annual Meeting Season – to try to make some sense out of all the things we saw, and heard, and read…
Executive Compensation – The Activist Battleground For 2009
By Reid Pearson, Managing Director, The Altman Group, Inc.
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.