Institutional Shareholder Services News

Investors Call on Proxy Adviser ISS to Overhaul its Net-Zero Proxy Advice

More than 30 investors have called on proxy advisor ISS to improve the guidance it gives to clients wanting companies to decarbonize faster, saying its policies had failed to keep pace with rising climate change risks. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) …

Major Generali Investor Norges Backs Reappointment of CEO Donnet

Norges Bank Investment Management, one of the main institutional investors in Generali GASI.MI, backs the reappointment of CEO Philippe Donnet, a proxy voting record on the website of the company running Norway’s sovereign wealth fund showed. Shareholders in Italy’s biggest …

Swiss Re Chairman Re-elected Despite Proxy Adviser’s Concerns About Diversity

Swiss Re shareholders re-elected Sergio Ermotti as chair, the company said on Wednesday, despite a recommendation by proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to vote against him over a lack of gender diversity. Ermotti won 79% of the vote in …

Credit Suisse Shareholders Advised Against Clearing Board of 2020 Liability

Proxy advisers Glass Lewis and ISS have recommended Credit Suisse’s shareholders vote against discharging the bank’s board and management from liability for the 2020 financial year at its annual general meeting on April 29. Glass Lewis said in a report …

Generali Shareholders Urged to Back Reappointment of CEO Donnet

Leading investor advisers have recommended shareholders at Generali back the proposal by the Italian insurer’s outgoing board to hand CEO Philippe Donnet another term at the helm, documents showed on Saturday. In reports issued by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and …

Investor Research Firm ISS to Acquire Discovery Data

Corporate governance and investor data firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. said it has agreed to acquire Discovery Data, Inc., which provides data and analytics to the asset management, insurance and other financial services industries. No terms were disclosed. Based in …

Lawsuit Seeks SEC Enforcement of Proxy Adviser Restrictions

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), a business group, sued the U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday for refusing to enforce a Trump-era rule reining-in companies that advise investors on how to vote in corporate elections. Last year, the Securities and …

Advisor Drops Opposition to Tesla Director After Change in D&O Insurance

Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said late on Tuesday it had recommended Tesla Inc.’s investors to vote in favor of re-electing Chairwoman Robyn Denholm after having earlier opposed her re-election in June. Glass Lewis said its recommendation changed due to …

Leading Proxy Advisory Firms Recommend Shareholders Approve Aon, WTW Merger

Aon plc and Willis Towers Watson announced that two leading proxy advisory firms have recommended that shareholders vote in favor of the companies’ proposed combination. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) said the strategic rationale of the merger is sound. AON …

SEC to Revisit ‘Proxy’ Voting Favored by Investors Raising Social, Climate Issues

The U.S. securities regulator is set to review this month rules on corporate democracy, setting it up for a clash with investors who worry the agency will side with companies to diminish voting rights on charged issues like climate change …