shareholder meetings
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Five things IROs can learn from the 2025 Corporate Governance Forum
The New York event brought together top governance professionals in an era when change can be quick and new stakeholders are entering the arena The 2025 Corporate Governance Forum brought together governance professionals, board members and advisers for discussions that included proxy disclosure, shareholder activism and the politicization of corporate decision-making. Across all panels, one theme stood out: governance has become more strategic, more transparent and perhaps, more political than ever. Here’s five takeaways from the event. 1. The proxy statement is a storytelling tool, not a compliance document During the first session of the day – Best practices for optimizing…
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The art of engagement: how to build lasting shareholder relationships
Political pressure and regulatory change pose a challenge to IR and governance teams Shareholder engagement remains a top priority for companies navigating today’s complex capital markets. Proactively engaging key shareholders allows companies to communicate their long-term strategies, explain operational decisions and develop and strengthen relationships with this key stakeholder group. This need for engagement has only grown amid unstable economic conditions, including supply chain issues, inflation, tariffs, trade tensions and related market volatility. Recent anti-DE&I and anti-ESG movements, executive orders issued by the new US administration, changing proxy advisory firm policies and renewed efforts by shareholder activists all underscore the…
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Five key steps companies should take before launching their next shareholder meeting
With the shareholder meeting season rapidly approaching it is important for companies to be aware of the shifts in corporate governance trends.
