Proxy season 2021 was quite a year for failed management Say on Pay votes, so ISS Corporate Solutions (ICS) decided to examine a number of measures for board demographics to see: Did boards which [...]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Staff Legal Bulletin (SLB) the week of November 29th that clarifies prior advice to companies about accounting for ‘spring-loaded,’ [...]
Aligning executive compensation with shareholders’ interests is one of the most important mandates compensation committee members are tasked with annually. Developing an appropriate pay package [...]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on November 17, 2021 that it would be introducing the universal proxy card for all contested director elections after August 31, 2022. [...]
In his statement announcing the latest Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Legal Bulletin (SLB) on shareholder proposals, agency Chairman Gary Gensler made it clear that the Commission [...]
Properly constituted compensation clawback policies have the “opportunity to strengthen the transparency and quality of corporate financial statements as well as the accountability of corporate [...]
Released in honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, ISS Corporate Solutions (ICS) put together a 3-part infographic series exploring how companies and boards are managing and mitigating [...]
Last month, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) proposed a change to its approach to vote counting for management proposals related to issuing new shares and for shareholder approval of equity [...]
Last year, ISS Corporate Solutions (ICS) published the paper Strategies in Peer Group Selection During COVID-19, which provided guidance around compensation peer groups during a period of [...]
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations are impacting various facets of what investors and companies do, and this impact now includes executive compensation. Companies are [...]
