shareholder votes – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:02:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Virtual-only meetings erode shareholder democracy: institutional investor group https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/virtual-only-meetings-erode-shareholder-democracy-institutional-investor-group/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:30:44 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=154477 A group of institutional investors is voicing concerns about the rise of virtual-only shareholder meetings they say risk eroding shareholder democracy. In an open letter released Thursday, the coalition of 38 investors led by the B.C. General Employees’ Union called on S&P/TSX 60 companies to publicly disclose how they’ll ensure shareholders’ statutory and common law […]

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]]> Who benefits and who suffers from the SEC’s proposed proxy-advisory rules? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2019 04:27:04 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/ The debate surrounding how institutional investors use proxy voting is heating up. The contention hinges on guidance the Securities and Exchange Commission released earlier this year on the activities of proxy-advisory firms. It says that when proxy-advisory firms provide proxy-voting advice to their investor clients, it counts as proxy solicitations. That, in turn, means those […]

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