BlackRock and Vanguard have released their proxy voting guidelines for the 2026 proxy season. This alert highlights the key updates in ...

ISS Governance has announced its Benchmark Policy Updates for its proxy voting guidelines applicable to stockholder meetings on or after February 1, 2026. As explained in this November Cooley client ...

The end of June marks the end of another proxy year, and the past year certainly looks very different from previous ones, particularly when it comes to sustainability. Overall, the number of ESG ...

President Trump has signed an executive order directing federal regulators to increase scrutiny of proxy advisory firms, arguing that their growing influence over shareholder voting has shifted away ...

JPMorgan's asset and wealth management division is ditching its long-held practice of using external proxy advisors for advice on shareholder voting decisions. The bank said it was "the first major ...

At Tesla’s recent annual meeting, shareholders approved an unusual compensation proposal for CEO Elon Musk – if achieved, he could be the world’s first trillionaire. The vote passed by a comfortable ...

JPMorgan is forcing a reckoning in the quiet but powerful world of proxy voting. By cutting off external proxy advisers and moving U.S. shareholder voting in house, the bank is betting that its own ...

In place of external human advisors, the bank is launching an in-house AI tool. The tool, named Proxy IQ, will cover all aspects of the voting process, according to an internal memo. JPMorgan's asset ...

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