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2021 Glass Lewis Policy Guidelines Updates Now Available for North America, Europe, UK and Japan
Glass Lewis’ 2021 Proxy Voting Policy Guidelines are now available for the United States and Canada, Continental Europe, Japan, and the UK. In addition, we have released our 2021 Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) Policy [...]
Find the Perfect Peer Group with Glass Lewis & CGLytics
As part of Glass Lewis’ partnership with CGLytics, earlier this year we rolled out a new peer group methodology for our pay-for-performance model. Peer groups are notoriously difficult both to construct and evaluate. Set the [...]
Proxy Season Review: Dutch Companies Adjust to SRD II and Revised Expectations on Pay
The introduction of the Shareholder Rights Directive (“SRD II”) across the European Union proved to be challenging for many European companies, but nowhere were the additional forward- and backward-looking remuneration proposals as controversial as the [...]
Proxy Season Insider: October 21
Important highlights from upcoming meetings, provided by Glass Lewis' global research team: Computershare Limited Australian Securities Exchange November 11 AGM The low interest rate environment that has arisen in response to COVID-19 has impaired Computershare [...]
Proxy Season Reviews for APAC Now Available
Glass Lewis’ 2020 Proxy Season Reviews for Japan, Korea, and China/Taiwan are now available. You can access them directly from our Proxy Season Review page. Our Proxy Season Review series provides a comprehensive overview of [...]
Meeting SRD II’s New Requirements
The European Union’s revised Shareholder Rights Directive (“SRD II”) is extending the chain of custody for proxy votes, increasing resulting reporting requirements for proxy voters, and expanding the reach of say-on-pay proposals into new markets. [...]
Drama at Bank Hapoalim Places Israel’s Competitive Elections in the Spotlight
Bank Hapoalim B.M. ("Hapoalim") will be the last and the largest of Israel’s non-controlled banks to hold its annual meeting in 2020. On the meeting agenda are compensation policy and compensation packages of the board [...]
Proxy Season Reviews for North America Now Available
Glass Lewis’ 2020 Proxy Season Reviews for the United States and Canada, along with our pan-market review of Shareholder Proposals, are now available. You can access them directly from our Proxy Season Review page. Our [...]
Proxy Season Insider: October 7
Important highlights from upcoming meetings, provided by Glass Lewis' global research team: The Star Entertainment Group Limited Australian Securities Exchange October 22 There’s no doubt that that companies in the tourism and hospitality sectors were [...]
Proxy Season Insider: September 28
Important highlights from upcoming meetings, provided by Glass Lewis' global research team: Brambles Limited Australian Securities Exchange October 8 Despite the economic and operational impact of COVID-19, Brambles experienced a strong year. Executive pay decisions [...]
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