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Recently the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it would convene a roundtable in order to gather information regarding whether the Commission’s rules on the proxy process should be ...

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently issued a statement (the “Statement”) that, for the current proxy season, it will not respond ...

In its long-awaited concept release on the proxy “plumbing” process, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday sought public comment on making changes to the proxy voting and distribution ...

As expected, the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new disclosure rules governing proxy voting by mutual funds and investment advisors. Starting in 2004, funds and investment managers ...

Last week’s Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) roundtable on proxy process may not have grabbed national headlines, but its focus on proxy voting mechanics, shareowner proposals and proxy advisory ...

Shareholder support for climate-related resolutions climbed to an all-time high of 30% in 2019’s proxy season, with the number of resolutions coming to a vote declining significantly. Those are not ...

It's Time to Fix the Proxy Process! John Zecca, Senior Vice President, General Counsel North America, and Chief Regulatory Officer of Nasdaq Regulation for U.S. Markets, advocates for these key ...

Nasdaq and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) released their annual proxy season survey, which revealed that public companies are willing to participate ...

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday officially proposed rules that could allow investors to nominate their own candidates to corporate boards, taking a historic step in ...