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 […]
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Video Friday: Investment Company Institute’s Focus on Funds
I stumbled on an interesting series of videos from the Investment Company Institute, which bills itself as “a leading global association of regulated funds, including mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts (UITs) in the United States and similar funds offered to investors in jurisdictions worldwide.” Of course these funds have a […]
Video Friday: SEC Proxy Voting Roundtable
Replay the SEC Proxy Voting Roundtable. (Sorry no YouTube embedded video. You need to click a link.) Panel 1: Universal Proxy Ballots Panel 2: Retail Participation in the Proxy Process (starting about 1:44 into webcast) Unfortunately, there is a gap about 2/3 of the way through for a fire drill. The second panel does come […]
Video Friday: Bob Tricker on Corporate Governance – Principles, Policies and Practices Part 2
We studied ‘corporate governance’ but never new its name until Bob Tricker defined the field. Discussions all over the world took on new meaning. Thirty years later, he is still in the vanguard of ensuring effective performance and social accountability, rooted in rigorous research. Governance is the defining issue of the 21st century and Bob Tricker our most […]