VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow has submitted a comment to the SEC on File No. S7-10-22, Proposal on Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors. The full comment is attached below. An excerpt: Government regulation is most needed when there are collective choice issues or conflicts of interest. Both are the case when it comes to corporate disclosures….
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Nell Minow on ESG, Corporate Governance, CEO Pay, and More
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow said it was a great pleasure to speak to Evan Epstein for his Boardroom Governance podcast. Listen here.
How’s the CEO ‘Stakeholder Pledge’ Working Out? Depends Who You Ask – WSJ
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow is quoted in this WSJ column by John Stoll about the BRT’s stakeholder rhetoric. Nell Minow, vice chair of ValueEdge Advisors, which consults with institutional investors on corporate governance, agrees with Mr. Bebchuk about tradeoffs, but she cautions “those tradeoffs are rarely permanent.” She said directors need to push executives…
Moderna executives sell stock as coronavirus vaccine boosts company shares – The Washington Post
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow is quoted in this Washington Post story about executive stock sales at a biotech firm working on a COVID-19 vaccine. As shares of biotech firm Moderna soared in May to record highs on news that its novel coronavirus vaccine showed promise in a clinical trial, the nation’s senior securities regulator…
Nell Minow on Motley Fool Money: Board Diversity, Dark Money at the SEC, and Oscars
Thanks to Chris Hill for inviting VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow on the always-enlightening Motley Fool Money podcast to talk about what’s going on in corporate governance, including the SEC’s proposed rules and Goldman Sachs’ recent announcement on board diversity.
Nell Minow Debates Proposed SEC Rules on Proxy Advisors
On January 13, 2020, at the Stigler Center for the Study of Economy and the State, VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow debated University of Chicago professor Steven Kaplan on the new SEC proposed rules on proxy advisory firms, moderated by Luigi Zingales.
Was any board worse than Boeing’s in 2019? – Los Angeles Times
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow is quoted in Michael Hiltzik’s story about the worst board of 2019. This may have been overlooked, but the Boeing board of directors did Wells Fargo a big favor in 2019; it provided Wells’ directors with real competition in the race for the worst failure of leadership among major American…
Nell Minow and Peggy Foran on Corporate Governance, ESG, and What Comes Next
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow appeared on NPR’s On Point program with Prudential’s Peggy Foran to talk about corporate governance today, what’s better and what’s not, ESG, and what comes next.
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow Named As One of GPW’s 10 Most “Salutary” Corporate Governance Influences in 2018
We are delighted to announce that our Vice Chair, Nell Minow, has been named by Global Proxy Watch as one of the 10 most important influences on corporate governance in the world this year, along with VEA friends Sophie L’Helias, Christy Wood, and Cindy Fornelli.GPW says:Nell Minow eloquently called out the NAM campaign against shareowner interests through…
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow on Motley Fool Money Podcast: Shareholder Rights and Stan Lee
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow appears on the Motley Fool Money podcast to discuss the SEC’s Proxy Roundtable, Stan Lee as a brand genius, and more.
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