Retail shareowners own about 1/3 of shares traded in the United States but vote only about 1/3 of the shares we own. Moreover, when we do vote, we frequently do so by blindly or unknowingly voting with management. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, I explored five internet platforms that were designed […]
As part of my series Retail Shareowners – Facilitating Votes and Activism (see Part 1 and Part 2), I have begun looking more closely at the Australian Shareholders’ Association (ASA). In researching their activities I came across the videos below of interviews with Don Hyatt. Most are somewhat dated but they still provide interesting background. Shareowners in […]
ProxyPulse, a partnership of Broadridge Financial Solutions and PwC’s Center for Board Governance, released its first report of 2015, based on results from the 2014 fall mini-season that analyzed beneficial shareholder data from 1,077 U.S. public company shareholder meetings. There are lessons here for both issuing companies and shareholders. (more…)