We were delighted to see Broc Romanek’s tribute to the Gilbert Brothers, who were the founders of shareholder advocacy. VEA Vice Chair wrote a tribute to the Gilberts for Slate after John Gilbert died. The Gilberts are responsible for most of the rights shareholders now have (and mostly ignore). They persuaded the then-brand-new SEC to…
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We Strongly Oppose the Oxymoronic “CHOICE” Act
We join with the Council of Institutional Investors in strongly opposing the falsely named “CHOICE” Act, which would eliminate critical shareholder rights and market responses that ensure the integrity of our financial markets. The proposal would sharply reduce the number of shareholder proposals and shareholder oversight on ceo pay, restrict the ability of independent proxy…
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