In its long-awaited concept release on the proxy “plumbing” process, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday sought public comment on making changes to the proxy voting and distribution ...

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ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI) has submitted public commentary on the need for greater transparency and accountability in the proxy ...

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, the SEC was scheduled to hold an open meeting to decide whether to adopt new shareholder resolution filing rules. Late on Tuesday it abruptly, and with no further explanation, ...

Nasdaq and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) released their annual proxy season survey, which revealed that public companies are willing to participate ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are reviewing the process by which public company shareholders exercise their votes and said Wednesday they may change the rules to make the system more transparent.

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has recently made more headlines than usual because of his controversial nomination to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. The prospect of Clayton ...