Proposed rule changes would pressure proxy advisory firms to take a more management-friendly stance in their reports and vote recommendations.
The investors want companies to better explain in proxies their use of non-GAAP metrics for determining executive compensation.
New academic analysis pulls no punches, calling the ratio "lacking in accuracy, difficult to interpret, and incomplete."
Appeasing investors with shareholder engagement disclosures was a significant trend this year: Equilar report.
Board diversity, corporate culture, and sexual harassment will be among the key discussion topics for corporate directors next year.
Public companies' most recent proxy statements contain more disclosure from their audit committees about the selection and oversight of external auditors.
On the back of stronger revenue and operating income, both finance chiefs and CEOs saw their personal incomes leap by about 10% last year.
Aiming to thwart shareholder activism, public companies' proxy statements are presenting shareholders with ever-more information and greater detail.
A survey finds disclosure of information on key areas of external auditor oversight has more than doubled in the past two years.
For a second straight year following a sharp drop in 2012, the median value of CFO perquisites was $24,900 among Fortune 500 companies.
Underperforming companies are using new measures of executive compensation to appease proxy readers.
