ISS (formerly known as RiskMetrics Group and known before that as Institutional Shareholder Services) policies on equity compensation plan proposals and executive compensation and related corporate governance matters
On November 19, 2018, ISS announced its policy updates for the 2019 proxy season. These updates will apply to shareholder meeting on and after February… Read More »ISS Announces 2019 Policy Updates
On November 5, 2018, ISS announced that it will soon open its peer group submission period for companies having shareholder meetings between February 1, 2019, and… Read More »ISS Opens Peer Group Submission Period
This morning, ISS posted its draft voting policies on its website (https://www.issgovernance.com/policy-gateway/2019-benchmark-policy-consultation/). Anyone interested in providing comments on these draft voting policies may do so… Read More »ISS Issues Draft 2019 Voting Policies for Comment
On September 20, 2018, ISS issued a series of FAQs concerning Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Code 5020 Implementation (available at: https://www.issgovernance.com/file/policy/active/americas/GICS-5020-FAQ.pdf). This change caused a… Read More »ISS Issues FAQs on New GICS Group