Vivendi shareholders tackle Vincent Bolloré at the AGM
The extraordinary grip over all of his asset by Vincent Bolloré was confirmed during the general meeting of Vivendi on 25 April by the adoption of all the resolutions, notably thanks to the double voting right and following very questionable threats against [...]
Best Practice Principles Group for Shareholder Voting Research announces Principles Review, Independent chairman
Proxinvest and the other charter signatories to the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research & Analysis (the “BPP Group”) announced that the Principles will be reviewed by the end of 2017 following a public consultation overseen by Chris Hodge, the new Independent Chairman of the BPP Group’s Review Committee. This update will include addressing the transparency requirements for proxy advisors outlined in the amendments to the revised EU Shareholder Rights Directive 2007/36/EC, adopted on 3 April 2017. […]
Proxinvest joins investor group to urge SEC not to delay CEO pay ratio disclosure
In the U.S. the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio increased from 20 to more than 300 over [...]
Oh SNAP! This time you get no voting power!
SNAP Inc., owner of the budding social media platform snapchat, has announced plans to go [...]
Ous swiss partner ETHOS launches the first swiss stock exchange index dedicated to corporate governance
In the follow-up to its 20th anniversary, our Swiss partner, the Ethos Foundation, launches a [...]