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More than 40 trade union trustees from 11 countries – representing over US$900 billion in assets under management – met July 9-10 in London to discuss the ongoing shareholder campaign on Burma, labour issues…

The run-up in global commodity prices—notably oil, corn, and wheat—is focusing attention on the possible role of investor speculation in recent increases. While speculation in the commodities markets is nothing new…

John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2008 U.S. Presidential contest, recently announced that he supports giving shareholders of his country’s public companies an advisory vote on executive compensation.

SHARE recently made a submission to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the forum for all securities regulators in Canada.

Anne Stausboll is the Chief Operating Investment Officer for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the US$242 billion fund that provides pension and health benefits to 1.5 million California public employees…

TransCanada Corporation (TSX: TRP) is expected to face difficult questions from shareholders and First Nations leaders at the company’s April 25 annual general meeting in Calgary. Shareholders will raise concerns…

Donald MacDonald is the Chair of the Board for the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a United Nations-led aspirational set of principles seeking to integrate social, environmental and…

Six of Canada’s seven largest banks have held their 2008 shareholder meetings, and a brief review of the voting results from shareholder proposals provides some interesting information. Each bank has reported the vote…

Shareholders of Canadian public companies had their first opportunity to gain a “say on pay” at CIBC’s annual general meeting held today, with a reported 44.96% of shareholders voting in support of adopting an annual…

In 2008, shareholders of our ‘big five’ banks will be the first investors in a Canadian public company to consider a proposal requesting an annual non-binding vote on the compensation of top executives.