New Technology Offers Greater Opportunity For Shareholder Engagement
By John P. Dunn, Vice President Corporate Issuer Sales Richard Barron, a New Jersey advertising executive, recently attended his first annual shareholder meeting…while sitting in an airport. “I was able to attend virtually, thanks to WiFi” he explains, “and I...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
More On Virtual Meetings: We Come Up With A Simple Solution To Activist Objections To “Virtual Only” Formats
Regular readers know that we have been following developments on the “Virtual Only” Annual and Special Meeting front from the get-go, and that we are big fans of the concept – and especially of the big potential money-savings that can be realized.
More On Virtual Forums: Maybe The Best Good Governance Idea Ever
While Virtual Meetings have been getting lots of notice of late, we think that Virtual Investor Forums have the potential to transform the corporate governance landscape in an even bigger and better way
Reaching Out To Directors
REACHING OUT TO DIRECTORS WITH SOME GOOD DIRECTOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS: Those gosh-darned university off-sites aimed at Directors seem to be proliferating like flies on a warm mincemeat pie – although lately, a bit of much needed consolidation seems to be afoot. The...Reaching Out To Investors… When Time Is Of The Essence? And There’s No Quick Solution On Your Shelf
The Optimizer Editor’s Annual Interview With Ellen Philip And Cal Donly Of Ellen Philip Associates
Reaching Out To Investors Via The Proxy Statement
The Optimizer Interviews Dannette Smith, Secretary To The Board Of Unitedhealth Group, Incorporated, The Winner Of Corporate Secretary Magazine’s 2010 Award For Best Proxy Statement
Reaching Out To Institutional Investors
Some Thoughts – And Lots Of Practical Tips – From Steven L. Brown, Director Of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
A Postcard From Post-Recession America
An Interview with Eric van Aalst and Kevin Pezien of CITCO
Technology… Trust… And The Need To “Stay Connected” As We Look Toward 2010
Our Annual Interview With Ellen Philip, Of Ellen Philip Associates.
Some Special Advice For CFOs – And For Small And Mid-Cap Companies – On “Engaging” Investors, And On The Rules Of Engagement… And On The Important Dos And Don’ts When It Comes To Being Prepared For A Potentially Unfriendly Approach By One Or More Investors…
An interview with Bruce Goldfarb, President & CEO and Patrick McHugh, Senior Managing Director of Okapi Partners
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services
An Interview With Katie Sevcik And Deb O’Donnell
Computershare – Integrated Value
An Interview With Jay Mchale, President, US Equity Services, Computershare
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.
Sad as your editor was to see a scheduled proxy fight disappear unexpectedly, along with all the excitement such events bring…not to mention the paycheck…
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.
Some ‘Top Of Mind Insights’ As To What Issuers Need To Think About, And Plan For, After The Current Financial Industry Meltdown
Sad as your editor was to see a scheduled proxy fight disappear unexpectedly, along with all the excitement such events bring…not to mention the paycheck…
