May 30, 2008

Accountability -- and A Powerful Investor’s Perspective

By: Eleanor Bloxham

The issue of whether to separate the Chair and CEO jobs, a particularly US conundrum, causes wonderment and bewilderment from those in the UK and elsewhere, where separation of the roles is common. Currently, however, only 12.6%...

December 3, 2007

Proxy Access: Was Long Island Care a Deception?

December 3, 2007

By Jim McRichie

During his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Nov. 14, Cox said the AFSCME v AIG decision “applies only in one of the 12 judicial circuits in America. And it has created...

October 17, 2007

SEC Proxy Access - Is The Boardroom A Democracy Or A Republic?

By: Boardroom Insider

Shareholder access to the corporate proxy ballot was a hot item during proxy season 2007, and now the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken up the issue with plans to change how shareholders submit proposals and...