Proxy
J.P. Morgan 's Dimon expected to keep chairman, CEO roles
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon won approval from investors to keep his chairman title in preliminary voting ahead of today's shareholder meeting, according to two people ...
May 21, 2013 | 11:24 am
2 CF Industries social proposals break record for support
Two pension funds separately won record-high support for shareholder social proposals at any company. Both votes were for resolutions at CF Industries.
May 17, 2013 | 02:55 pm
2 investors file proposal to separate chairman, CEO roles at News Corp.
Christian Brothers Investment Service and the C$96.7 billion (US$97.5 billion) British Columbia Investment Management Corp., Victoria, filed a joint shareholder proposal calling for establishment of...
May 08, 2013 | 04:22 pm
Timken shareholders back CalSTRS' proposal to split company
Timken Co. shareholders Tuesday voted 53% in favor of a CalSTRS' proposal to split the company into separate steel and ball-bearing businesses, according to company proxy voting results.
May 07, 2013 | 03:16 pm
Towers Watson: Shareholders ratify executive compensation at 91% clip
Shareholders have voted on average 91% to ratify executive compensation in non-binding say-pay-pay voting at U.S. companies so far this proxy season, up from 89% in all of 2012, according to a Towers ...
May 01, 2013 | 04:15 pm
New York State Common backs 2 shareholder proposals for Peabody
New York State Common Retirement Fund will support separate shareholder proposals at Peabody Energy backed by the AFL-CIO Reserve Fund and the AFSCME Employees Pension Plan.
April 22, 2013 | 06:00 pm
Proxy voting system broken, concentrates power in proxy advisers — paper
The proxy voting system for pension funds and mutual funds is broken, with unintended consequences of regulations giving preferential treatment to proxy advisory firms, according to a paper from the...
April 17, 2013 | 04:00 pm
Heifer International Foundation looking for proxy voting service provider
Heifer International Foundation, Little Rock, Ark., is searching for a proxy voting service provider.
April 17, 2013 | 03:28 pm
Say-on-pay votes expected to hold steady — study
Shareholders have voted on average 90% to ratify executive compensation in advisory say-on-pay voting so far this proxy season, up from the 89% in all of 2012, according to a Towers Watson study...
April 15, 2013
TIAA-CREF asks SEC for OK to skip vote on Israeli divestment
TIAA-CREF officials are asking the SEC to allow it to take no action on a shareholder proposal by activist group Jewish Voice for Peace that would require it to consider divesting from companies that ...
April 10, 2013 | 06:06 pm
Julius Baer shareholders vote 'no' on executive pay
Shareholders of Julius Baer Group Ltd., Switzerland's third-largest wealth manager, rejected the bank's 2012 remuneration report in a non-binding vote.
April 10, 2013 | 02:43 pm
5 companies agree to disclose political spending after prodding from DiNapoli
New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, withdrew shareholder proposals at five companies after they agreed to disclose their corporate political spending, according to a statement from Thomas...
April 09, 2013 | 03:49 pm
Say-on-pay votes expected to hold steady this year, Towers Watson says
Shareholders have voted on average 90% to ratify executive compensation in advisory say-on-pay voting so far this proxy season, up from the 89% in all of 2012, according to a Towers Watson study...
April 01, 2013 | 03:30 pm
4 pension plans not following herd with proxy votes
Four major pension funds voted in opposition of more directors and other issues than shareholders in aggregate during the most recent proxy season.
April 01, 2013
New York State Common gets OK for Caterpillar proposal
New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, won approval to submit a shareholder proposal on Sudan business ties at Caterpillar Inc., after the company sought unsuccessfully to exclude it.
