SEC Comment on Proxy Advisors and Proposals from Minerva Analytics

Minerva Analytics has submitted a comment on the SEC’s proposed rules on proxy advisors and shareholder proposals. An except (footnotes omitted): In respect of the SEC’s proposals, our reasons for opposing the proposed regulations that they will: • Severely limit shareholders’ property rights; • Interfere with investors’ commercial and contractual rights to receive research, which…

SEC Proxy Rulemaking: Insightful Comment with Compelling Data from Tom Shaffner

One of the most compelling and persuasively documented comments we have seen on the SEC’s proposed rule on proxy advisory firms and proxy proposals comes from an individual investor and data scientist named Tom Shaffner. We highly recommend reading the comment in full at the link below. Some highlights (footnotes omitted): The more I’ve learned…