On May 24, the 2007 BC Pension Forum brought together pension leaders and activists in Vancouver to examine the state of pension plan governance, funding and investment. Held jointly by the BC Federation of Labour and SHARE…
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Shareholder activists on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border watched warily as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the federal regulator of securities, held hearings in May…
Executive compensation and “say-on-pay” proposals – submitting executive compensation to an annual shareholder advisory vote – have become the top shareholder issues in the 2007 proxy season.
Escalating corporate executive salaries are an extreme example of the oft-noted and ever-expanding ‘gap between rich and poor’. Just how wide is this gap? It will take most of us an entire year to make…
Meritas Mutual Funds announced today that it has engaged Vancouver-based Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) to help launch the most comprehensive shareholder action program in its history.
SHARE is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura O’Neill as Director of Law and Policy. With seven years of experience in the corporate governance field, Laura has considered a wide variety of management…
SHARE is joining more than a hundred other institutional investors, asset managers and service providers that are backing the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
Excessive executive power and compensation are high on shareholders’ radar screens as the Canadian 2006 proxy season passes the mid-point. Dual-class share structures and human rights issues…
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