Early Returns from the 2017 Meeting Season
While it’s still early-days as we write this, the 2017 season is off to something of a roaring start, with howls of protests from activist investors about “Virtual Only” shareholder meetings.
On a Happier Note Re: 2017 Annual Meetings
Some of the best materials that have crossed our desk so far
The 2017 “Ficklefinger Award”
And the winner is……. It’s been quite a few years since we handed out our once-annual Ficklefinger Award. With so much focus on good corporate governance practices over the past few years, most public companies are extremely wary of flicking a finger at...“Diversity” and the Prevalence of “Old White Men” at Shareholder Meetings
In our last issue we predicted that “diversity” would be a hot topic during the 2017 Meeting Season, and we are indeed happy to see a much overdue and much increasing focus here. We noted the new initiatives at State Street, and at several of the public pension funds...
