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January 5, 2011 Archived Alerts
ISS Updates Burn Rate Tables for 2011 Proxy Season
Download a pdf of this article » In December 2010, Institutional Shareholder Services, the prominent corporate governance advisory services firm, updated its “burn rate” tables, which govern its voting recommendations on equity plan proposals. As described below, burn rate levels increased significantly for technology and life sciences companies. ISS also issued several “Frequently Asked...Read MoreDecember 1, 2010 Archived Alerts
ISS Issues Policy Updates for 2011 Proxy Season
Institutional Shareholder Services, the prominent corporate governance advisory services firm, has updated its U.S. corporate governance policies for 2011. This latest annual update addresses, among other things, the corporate governance and executive compensation policies that ISS will use to determine its voting recommendations for its proxy advisory clients during the upcoming 2011 proxy...Read MoreMay 26, 2010 Archived Alerts
Comparing the Executive Compensation Reform Proposals – An Update
On May 20, 2010, the United States Senate approved its proposed legislation to reform the financial services industry, the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010.” (While the legislation has the same bill number as the legislation approved by the House of Representatives in December 2009, the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009,” the bill’s content reflects the...Read MoreMay 24, 2010 Archived Alerts
Dissecting GRId
In February, RiskMetrics Group, Inc. (“RMG”), the prominent risk management and corporate governance services firm, introduced its Governance Risk Indicators (“GRId”) system, a new tool for assessing the corporate governance-related risks, including compensation-oriented risks, of public companies. GRId replaces RMG’s previous process for evaluating the corporate governance practices of the...Read MoreMay 23, 2010 Archived Alerts