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 May 17th, 2012As the so-called “Shareholder Spring” moves into the summer, the question most people are asking is ”Where next?” Secretary of State Vince Cable has laid down a marker for future legislation on a binding vote on remuneration policy. Given that this is the UK’s third attempt at addressing executive pay issues(Greenbury, 1995; Directors’ Remuneration Report Regulations, 2002) there’s a More… March 30th, 2012This week saw the publication of the latest progress report as part of the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative sponsored by Aviva Investors. The report by Responsible Research surveyed 27 of the largest stock exchanges across world markets to assess attitudes towards the role of stock exchanges in promoting corporate sustainability reporting. March 23rd, 2012 Sarah Wilson, CEO of Manifest spoke at the ICGN London Meeting on 20th March 2012. Her presentation at the breakout session “the future of proxy advisory” was based on the following article. Proxy advisors – sorting fact from fiction
Don’t confuse what you’ve become familiar with over the last few months about the so-called “tyranny of proxy More… March 17th, 2012In this guest article, Cliff Weight of remuneration consultants MM&K responds to a comment from David Brimacombe, senior advisor to Nestor Advisors on our January piece: ‘Remuneration Committee “Cronyism” – digging deeper’. The article was written in response to assertions from the UK’s prime minister David Cameron and cabinet colleagues More… March 16th, 2012The AMF, the French equivalent of the FSA, has finally published an English language version of its February 7th report on the conduct of General Meetings at French listed companies. The report deals with the four broad themes of dialogue between shareholders and issuers, shareholder voting at general meetings, the board of the general assembly and its role, and More… March 16th, 2012More rights for shareholders is one of those sure-fire political winners which would seem churlish to object to. But, with the publication of the UK’s proposals to fix the “payments for failure” fiasco, it looks like the UK government is going to (again) miss a golden opportunity to give shareholders ALL of the tools that they need to fulfil More… March 16th, 2012Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, this week announced the latest government consultation on executive pay, this time aimed specifically at enhancing shareholder voting rights on the matter. The consultation seeks opinions on the following outline policy proposals: An annual binding vote on future remuneration policy Making the vote on future remuneration policy More… March 9th, 2012Manifest’s friends GES invite you to their London 20th anniversary seminar and new website. GES celebrates its 20th anniversary by hosting a high-profile seminar in London exploring the future for Responsible Investment. At the same time, GES launches a redesigned website. Under the title “What works in ESG Engagement?”, GES has invited a number of prominent players More… |
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