November 7, 2014
ISS Issues 2015 Policy Updates
On the heels of posting my blog yesterday that I had found the ’15 policy updates for Glass Lewis, ISS released their ’15 policy updates for 2015. Here’s a blog by Steve Quinlivan – I will be posting memos regarding both these developments in our “Proxy Advisors” Practice Area. And a “Proxy Advisors Handbook” is coming soon…
Dodd-Frank: Republican Senate Takeover Could Bring Changes
Many are asking what the GOP’s takeover of the Senate might mean for the SEC’s pay ratio proposal, among others. It’s too soon to tell – but it’s a good bet that Chair White’s “hope & expectation” to adopt the pay ratio rules by the end of this year might not happen. But you never know. Anyways, this memo from Greenberg Traurig lays out a bunch of possibilities about how Dodd-Frank could change, including an observation that 60 votes in the Senate is needed to pass changes to Dodd-Frank (meaning that some Democratic Senators must cross party lines) and musings about who is now likely to chair the Senate Banking Committee, which oversees the SEC (Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) – again!)…
This Boston Globe article notes other efforts to implement laws to enact pay ratios…
Transcript: “Private Company Trading Markets: The Latest”
We have posted the transcript for our recent webcast: “Private Company Trading Markets: The Latest.”
– Broc Romanek