Ken Bertsch, Executive Director of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), shares the investor perspective on the SEC’s recent examination of the U.S. proxy system.
While regulators are paying at least some attention to proxy voting issues and the concerns surrounding them, it remains to be seen whether the discussions will result in new regulations.
Governance best practices increasingly call for boards to engage with their investors on critical issues; yet much ambiguity still surrounds the shareholder engagement process.
