Shareholders are more willing to raise their voices
The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance releases its 2015 best practices guide
ISS will publish draft policies for public comment on Oct. 26 and release its final policies for the 2016 proxy season in mid-November
Progress report proposes five improvements
STA report calls for reforms to make voting more accurate and transparent
Panels to discuss vote reconciliation and end-to-end vote confirmation
Panel will feature perspectives from issuers, investors and other financial industry stakeholders
Topics to be selected from comments submitted
This is the first season since Canadian securities regulators have allowed issuers to provide electronic access to proxy information instead of automatically mailing it to all shareholders
Annual survey captures discretionary voting practices of investment managers and proxy voting services