reports from corporate governance land

The SEC has taken the first steps to create some much-needed semblance of order and structure in the ESG investment industry.

SEC comment letter on proposed rules on Investment Company Names.

I support the Commission’s efforts to enhance the level and quality of disclosure required by funds that claim to invest based on ESG...

Determining what is a "significant social policy issue" under Rule 14a-8(i)(7) desperately needs a multi-pronged test.

Shouldn’t there be a nexus between a shareholder proposal and the company at which it is filed? The answer to this question seems obvious.

The term “significant policy issue” doesn’t appear anywhere in Rule 14a-8. So, where does this exception come from?

The SEC staff appears to have flipped the script on shareholder proposals about virtual shareholder meetings.

The AT&T enforcement action shows the SEC continues to examine corporate strategies to influence securities analysts’ quarterly estimates.

ProxyAnalytics and SoundboardGovernance have published a COVID19 Annual Meeting & SEC Disclosure Checklist & Best Practices Reference Guide.

A fond farewell to Broc Romanek, pillar of the corporate securities and governance community.

What really needs to happen is throwing sunshine on the funds that heavily rely on PAFs. That's where some novel disclosure requirements...