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ISS Releases 2025 Policy Survey

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Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) recently released its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey (the "Policy Survey"). In keeping with its prior practice, ISS seeks responses from institutional shareholders, issuers,...more

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Form SHL: What You Need to Know

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The US Department of the Treasury (the Treasury), with the assistance of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, conducts a mandatory benchmark survey every five years. ...more

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Glass Lewis Issues 2024 Updates to Benchmark Policy Guidelines

On November 16, 2023, Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) released its 2024 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines (U.S. Guidelines), effective for shareholder meetings on or after January 1, 2024. The U.S. Guidelines include several...more

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ISS Launches Annual Benchmark Policy Survey

On August 29, 2023, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced the launch of its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2024 and beyond....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Defensibility of a fair market value analysis

Fair market value (FMV) is a pinnacle issue with respect to healthcare regulatory compliance and compensation agreements. This article will analyze the issues related to an FMV defensibility analysis of compensation...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

WBA Releases First Financial System Benchmark

In May 2023, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) released a report on the first edition of its Financial System Benchmark, which assesses financial institutions’ progress toward climate change goals. The WBA is a non-profit...more

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Financial Conduct Authority Calls for Improvements in ESG Benchmarks

Last month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that, after conducting a “preliminary review” of ESG benchmarks, “the overall quality of ESG-related disclosures made by benchmark administrators was poor” and...more

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FCA Seeks Improvements to ESG Benchmarks

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The regulator is concerned that ESG-related disclosures are not meeting expectations. The FCA has published a Dear CEO letter sent to benchmark administrators on 20 March 2023, expressing concerns about the quality of...more

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NAVEX R&C Benchmark Finding: Risk & Compliance Responsibilities Reside in Multiple Functions

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Traditionally, managing risks to a business was thought to be the responsibility of a company’s legal team. Nowadays, that isn’t always the case. While 29% of survey respondents in our 2022 Risk and Compliance Benchmark...more

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NAVEX R&C Benchmark Finding: Programs Still Have Opportunities to Better Utilize Data

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NAVEX publishes the Definitive Risk and Compliance Benchmark Report each year, surveying over 1,100 industry professionals. The purpose of this report is to provide insight into the effectiveness of R&C programs and enable...more

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Executive Summary: 2022 Risk and Compliance Survey Benchmark Report

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The resilience of risk and compliance (R&C) leaders over these past couple of years has been remarkable. Our profession adapted amid the massive and sudden workplace shifts brought on by COVID-19, and by most accounts,...more

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Ceres Guidance for Engaging on Climate Risk Governance and Voting on Directors

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Ceres, a nonprofit organization focused on solving climate and sustainability challenges through coordinated action by capital market leaders, recently issued its 2022 Guidance for Engaging on Climate Risk Governance and...more

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ISS 2022 Benchmark Voting Policies: New Diversity and ESG Requirements

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Introduction - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently published its 2022 updates to its benchmark proxy voting policies. The policies will govern ISS’ voting recommendations for shareholder meetings held on or...more

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ISS Opens Global Annual Benchmark Policy Survey and Separate Climate Survey

ISS has opened its annual benchmark policy survey.  The survey usually foreshadows upcoming changes to its policies....more

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New Benchmark Report Reveals Key Risk & Compliance Insights

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As we've stated before, to say 2020 was disruptive is an exercise in understatement. And while we may reasonably hope that the worst is behind us, the uncertainty and risk that it introduced is unlikely to recede anytime...more

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[Webinar] Risk & Compliance in 2021: How to Benchmark Your Program to Cultivate Success - August 3rd, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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Get a First Look at the 2021 Definitive Risk & Compliance Benchmark Report to Measure Your Program Initiatives - Attendees will receive a copy of the full report during the event. The NAVEX Global 2021 Definitive Risk...more

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Benchmarks: Delegated Acts on ESG Disclosures Published and Transitional Period for Third Country Benchmarks Extended

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Three delegated acts that supplement the EU Benchmarks Regulation will come into force on 23 December 2020. The long-awaited delegated acts (Delegated Acts) required by Regulation (EU) 2019/2089 (the Low Carbon Benchmarks...more

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ISS Announces 2021 Benchmark Policy Updates

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On November 12, 2020, Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") announced its policy updates for the 2021 proxy season, effective for meetings on or after February 1, 2021. Key updates include the following...more

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Are Financial Institutions Creating a Corporate Governance Strategy to handle the End of Libor?

The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) expires at the end of 2021.  Used since the early 1980s, LIBOR is the most referenced global short-term interest rate, and a “standard benchmark”....more

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ISS opens 2021 Annual Policy Survey, following call to voluntarily disclose ethnicity of directors, officers

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Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) opened its 2021 Annual Policy Survey on July 29, 2020, to seek input from institutional investors, public companies, directors and others to begin development of ISS’ annual...more

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UK Regulator Outlines Priorities for Supervising Benchmark Administrators

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has written to the CEOs of benchmark administrators that it supervises. In the letter, the FCA sets out its supervisory strategy as well as the potential harms that benchmark...more

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Human rights benchmarks: Corporate performance rankings on the rise: What do human rights and ESG benchmarks measure?

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What businesses need to know for a strategic approach - Benchmarks focus on human rights, labor rights, political rights, “digital rights” (human rights in the Internet era) and wider sustainability efforts. They...more

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ISS Releases 2020 Benchmark Policy Updates and Proxy Voting Guidelines

On November 11, 2019, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its 2020 Proxy Voting Guidelines, which are generally effective for meetings on or after February 1, 2020....more

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ISS Announces 2020 Benchmark Policy Updates

ISS has announced its 2020 policy updates.  The summary below is largely extracted from ISS’ executive summary or the commentary in the updated policies....more

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ISS Launches 2019 ISS Benchmark Policy Comment Period

ISS announced the launch of its benchmark voting policy comment period which will help set policy for the upcoming proxy season....more

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