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The Motley Fool
September 13, 2005
Gardner, Gillies & Mann |
Quality Systems: Vote No! The authors substantiate why voting against the digital record-keeping company's proxy is in the long-term interests of outside shareowners.   |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2005
Gardner & Mann |
Quality Systems: Board Battle Rages On The electronic records software provider's final slate of directors is being contested by dissident shareholder and director Ahmed Hussein. If a lawsuit is brewing from the vote count, management and its board should have revealed it to shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Your Stocks' Secrets Investors, knowledge is power, so don't ignore a freely available source of the best-kept corporate secrets -- the proxy statement. Proxy season is upon us -- don't forget to do your homework. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
Read Those Proxy Statements in 2006 Shareholder resolutions are an increasingly important vehicle for shareholder activism of all sorts. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2004
Chris Mallon |
A Proxy for Management The proxy statement gives investors an annual glimpse into the minds of management. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
David Henry |
Mutual Funds: Tossing Out The Rubber Stamp A new SEC rule that takes effect next year will require mutual funds to disclose how they vote on proxies for the stocks they own. The rule is intended to keep funds from siding with management to gain 401(k) business. How will this affect corporate governance? |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Voting: Not Just for November Anymore It's a very exciting time of year for investors: tax season, annual report season, and proxy voting season. Believe it or not, it's worth your time to sift through the mail and uncover your ballot; your proxy votes carry more power than you think. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
The SEC May Shut You Up If you want to keep the right to influence your companies, let the SEC know. The SEC has recently proposed changing rules for shareholders -- in ways that don't seem to protect them at all. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2012
Dan Newman |
Does This Brokerage Stock Meet Your Standards? Does E*TRADE's proxy statement reveal its potential for a long-term investment relationship? |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
Jena McGregor |
This Proxy Season, Expect A Brawl Add up shareholder anger over the backdating scandal, a slate of new rules on executive pay disclosure, increasing pressure from activist hedge funds, and more companies requiring directors to be elected by a majority shareholder vote, and a tempestuous proxy period lies ahead. |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
Executive Pay, Still in the Hot Seat Shareholders are trying to gain more influence on executive pay as more resolutions hit the agenda at firms' annual meetings. But passage is proving to be tough. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Get Out and Vote! Proxy voting lets your shareholder voice be heard. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Proxy Fights 101 How shareholder skirmishes are transforming Wall Street. It's smart to understand how proxy fights work, but don't assume they're a good system for investing. Proxy battles often target struggling companies with volatile stocks. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Investors, Get What You're Paying For CEO compensation has nothing to do with performance. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2004
Eliot Cohen |
Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Is CEO Pay Really Out of Whack? Their companies' performance may be faltering, but CEOs' pay packages sure aren't. Is this a new era of corporate greed? What does it mean to shareholders? |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007
Jena McGregor |
Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway. |
CFO
September 1, 2010
Joseph McCafferty |
Who's in Charge Here? Listening to shareholders is easy. Making sense of their concerns is not. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Louis Lavelle |
A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting. |
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Time to Get Out the Vote A full slate of annual meetings is upcoming. If you're an owner, it's time to crack those proxies and go vote. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
5 Stocks That Won't Steal From You You don't have to fight your company's management. If the companies whose stocks you own won't put the brakes on their executives' avarice, then find investments where it simply isn't an issue. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
SEC May Look at CEO Pay It is encouraging to see some pension fund managers and the SEC taking action on pay for performance among top executives, but shareholder shouldn't get too happy. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2006
Portal & Hilzenrath |
New SEC Proposed Guidelines to Give Investors a Clear View at Executive Compensation REITs should conduct a thorough review of current compensation policies and practices and evaluate them in light of the new disclosure proposals. For some REITs, a complete overhaul of the compensation program may be necessary. |
U.S. Banker
June 2006
Rebecca Sausner |
Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue. |
Job Journal
February 25, 2007
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros:Sports Stars Can't Compete with Overpaid CEOs Can America bring it's high-flying CEOs down to earth? |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2009
Toby Shute |
Shareholders 1, Board Bozos 0 Score one for shareholder empowerment. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Board Members With Backbones at TNCC Three of 13 members quit over executive compensation issues. Then there is the suspicious timing of the release of those resignations, and a Nasdaq notification of compliance problems. What's going on at Tennessee Commerce Banking anyway? |
CFO
September 1, 2004
John Goff |
Who's the Boss? Spurred by a slew of portfolio-punishing accounting scandals and angered by decades of corporate indifference to their requests, shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2010
Jeffrey Morgan |
Corporate America Wants Your Vote Why we should all care about corporate governance. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Google's CEO Is Feeling Secure Google has performed very well as a publicly traded company thus far, but generally speaking, there's much more than meets the eye when it comes to all types of CEO compensation, so keep an eye out for those proxy disclosures this year. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2004
Bill Mann |
Rash of Activism at Staples This year's proxy statement from office supply giant Staples contains four separate shareholder proposals, the first time any shareholder proposals have been made in the last ten years. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 5, 2006
Joseph Hinsey |
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction Corporate governance reformers are pushing the idea of majority voting for directors. But that solution won't produce the desired outcome. The answer? Keep CEOs and board chairs separate. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Will the SEC Protect Proxy Access? Investors of all stripes should keep an eye on next week's ruling. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders Step on the Gas Shareholders are indeed owners, and that should mean having a voice and advocating for change as needed. Maybe that's why corporate governance issues appear to be gaining momentum. |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Amy Borrus |
At The SEC, The Agony Of Compromise Chairman Donaldson is finding a deal on proxy reform elusive in an election year. Yet, despite competing pressures, his resolve shows no sign of waning. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Mallory Stark |
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt. |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Sarah Johnson |
Dismay on Pay Why say on pay won't be any easier the second time around. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2006
Roy Mark |
SEC Brings Proxies Online Shareholders will soon be able to find proxy statements and annual reports online, according to new voluntary rules approved this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2009
Jena McGregor |
Board Shakeups Made Easier New law gives shareholders more power. Delaware entities will have to put shareholder nominees on the proxy and reimburse successful campaigns. The SEC and the Senate have new regs in store, too. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
A Pivotal Proxy Season With shareholders more awake and aware than they've been in years, the latest proxy season could begin to fundamentally change managers' attitudes. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
James B. Wright |
Governing REIT Compensation As recent well-publicized REIT proxy/management battles have demonstrated, REIT governance issues are no longer under the radar. In time, shareholder concerns (and any REIT vulnerabilities) relative to independent compensation decisions will also receive scrutiny. |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Don't Waste Your Vote Every year, as a shareholder, you're given the chance to have a say in how the companies you own are run. Don't blow it. Vote. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Trouble at the Top for Whole Foods? We dig a little deeper into a shareholder resolution aimed at the company. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2009 |
A Trio of Options Shareholders could soon have an easier route to proposing their own directors on company boards, thanks to three changes |
