Client Alerts

ISS Releases GRId 2.0   | ISS recently released transition information and a technical document related to the launch of its newly revised governance product, Governance Risk Indicators 2.0 (“GRId 2.0”). The Compensation category has been significantly modified to incorporate ISS’ recently announced principles for evaluating the alignment of pay and [read more]

ISS Publishes “Evaluating Pay for Performance Alignment” White Paper   | Last week, ISS published a white paper detailing its new pay-for-performance methodology.  As in the past, a “significant misalignment” between pay and company performance may cause ISS to vote against a company’s Say on Pay vote.  The new methodology is effective for Annual Meetings on [read more]

ISS Releases 2012 Proxy Voting Guidelines   | Last week, ISS released the 2012 U.S. corporate governance policy updates to its benchmark proxy voting guidelines.  These policy changes are effective for Annual Meetings on or after February 1, 2012.  While the conceptual framework has been provided, complete details will not be available until [read more]

A View to 2012: ISS Releases Draft 2012 Policies for Comment   | Last week, ISS released its Draft 2012 Policies for comment by institutional investors, companies and other members of the governance community.  The annual event is viewed as a harbinger of the final guidelines ISS will use to evaluate thousands of proxies next spring.  ISS expects [read more]

Divergent Views on Executive Compensation: Results of ISS’ 2011-2012 Policy Survey   | This week, ISS released the results of their annual survey of institutional investors and companies on emerging corporate governance issues.  ISS considers the survey a critical component of its annual policy review and formulation process. Not surprisingly, both investors and companies believe that executive compensation [read more]

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