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Shareholders in Google parent company Alphabet will vote at its June 1 AGM on two proposals addressing policies for selecting new directors amid growing investor interest in board diversity. The SEC recently rejected a request from Alphabet for no-action relief if it excludes a proposal asking that the company repo...

When male analysts question female CEOs they are 7.9 percentage points ‘more aggressive’ than when questioning male CEOs. That’s according to researchers from the University of Exeter Business School, who analyzed recordings of 39,209 earnings conference calls with US firms over a 13-year period to 2018. The researchers behind the study, titled ...

Holly Gregory has been an integral and influential part of the corporate governance world for decades, in terms of both thinking about its principles and in putting those into practice. US companies are grateful for her work as a trusted adviser and fellow governance professionals are indebted to her as someone who has helped create a roadmap for others to follow. ...

The slow rate at which companies are adding women to boards means gender parity among global large and mid-caps will take another 20 years, according to research from MSCI. As of October 2021, the overall percentage of board seats held by women in the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) stood at 22.6 percent, up modestly from 21.1 percent in 2020 and 20 percent in 2019. If the future growth rate follows the trend of the last four years, it will take until 202...