Review of 2015-2018 Proxy Voting Trends
Harvard Law School Forum, November 26, 2018 A study by The Conference Board and Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance conducted in collaboration with FactSet and ESG data mining [...]
Getting ready for the activist at your door
Chris Wightman, a partner and founder of CamberView Partners and formerly with Vanguard, recently shared his views with Labrador on investor-company relations, the effects of changes in ownership and shareholder [...]
Labrador’s 2017 proxy benchmark: and the best practices are…
Rising shareholder activity on sustainability issues and heightened interest in board diversity are increasingly reflected in the proxy statements of major companies. This is among key trends we observed in [...]
Preliminary Planning for the 2018 Proxy Season
Dodd-Frank.com, 08/29/2017 Dodd-Frank.com prepared a list of important considerations for the 2018 proxy season. Among these are of course the pay ratio, revenue recognition and more… continue reading for the [...]
How to get out of the “penalty box” on executive pay?
High pay for top corporate officers has always been a source of concern for investors in the US, especially during annual meeting season. In an article from the Wall Street Journal, Joann [...]
A look back on shareholder proposals from 2015
In 2015, 333 shareholder proposals went to vote, representing an increase of almost 34% over 2014. 72 of these were proxy access proposals in the S&P 1500, which is just one [...]
What the experts are saying
An interview with Michaël Herskovich, Head of Governance at BNP Paribas Investment Partners Labrador: how can companies better prepare their annual meetings? Michaël Herskovich: We ask companies to prepare annual [...]