ComplianceThe week in GRC: FinCEN to change reporting plans for corporate-ownership database and Salesforce avoids proxy fight Mar 31, 2023Ben Maiden– According to Reuters (paywall), Salesforce said activist investor Elliott Management has decided against proceeding with director...Read more
ESGThe week in GRC: Buffet presses BlackRock on climate plans, and UBS discloses Americas workforce diversity Feb 28, 2020Ben Maiden– Reuters reported on UBS Group’s disclosure that 38 percent of its employees in the Americas at the end of last year were women and...Read more
ComplianceThe week in GRC: Nissan CEO faces angry shareholders, and SEC presses firms on Chinese audits amid coronavirus Feb 21, 2020Ben Maiden– The Guardian reported that companies paid out a record $1.43 trillion in dividends to shareholders around the world in 2019. The...Read more
ESGThe week in GRC: ESG funds see record inflows, and Icahn backs Xerox-HP union Nov 15, 2019Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that socially responsible investment funds have been enjoying a record year of inflows, but that...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: Shareholder proposals fail at ExxonMobil AGM, and activist investor takes Olympus stake Jun 01, 2018Ben Maiden– The Financial Times reported that the UK Treasury and the Bank of England (BoE) are at odds over the future of financial regulation...Read more