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March 11, 2025
|3 min read
On March 4, 2025, the proxy advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) stated in an email to its clients that it will continue to consider the diversity of a
company’s board of directors when making voting recommendations with respect to the election or re-election of directors of U.S. companies.
company’s board of directors when making voting recommendations with respect to the election or re-election of directors of U.S. companies.
August 29, 2024
|3 min read
Reminder: Glass Lewis Annual Policy Survey Closes Friday, August 30th
There is still time to submit responses to Glass Lewis’s 2024 Policy Survey, which the proxy advisor uses to gauge investor and other stakeholder interests and
market sentiment. Since Glass Lewis selects the questions, the policy survey also indicates the advisor’s areas of policy focus. In this blog post, we identify a
few highlights from the Executive Compensation portion of the survey we think practitioners should be tracking.
market sentiment. Since Glass Lewis selects the questions, the policy survey also indicates the advisor’s areas of policy focus. In this blog post, we identify a
few highlights from the Executive Compensation portion of the survey we think practitioners should be tracking.
July 24, 2020
|4 min read
SEC Weighs In on Proxy Voting Advice
On July 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its rules governing proxy solicitations and issued new supplemental
guidance on proxy voting responsibilities for investment advisers.
guidance on proxy voting responsibilities for investment advisers.
March 4, 2020
|2 min read
Contentious Comment Period Ends for SEC’s Proposed Rule on Proxy Voting Advisors
On November 5, 2019, the SEC announced proposed amendments to its proxy solicitation rules to require additional disclosure about “material conflicts of
interest that proxy voting advice businesses provide their clients” in an attempt to “help ensure that proxy voting advise used by investors and others who
vote on investors’ behalf is accurate, transparent, and materially complete.”
interest that proxy voting advice businesses provide their clients” in an attempt to “help ensure that proxy voting advise used by investors and others who
vote on investors’ behalf is accurate, transparent, and materially complete.”