The Voice of Corporate Governance
The Council of Institutional Investors
CII’s podcast is one of many platforms CII offers members to access timely information and perspectives and to increase public attention to critical issues and developments in corporate governance and capital markets. The target audience for our podcast is CII Members, other institutional investors, public companies, securities lawyers, proxy advisory firms and other institutional investor service providers.The podcast is free to the public and available on all major podcast listening platforms, and is not sponsored or paid for by advertisements.
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Dec 20, 2017 • 13min
Proxy Advisor Diligence in Contested Elections with Cristiano Guerra
Cristiano Guerra, executive director of M&A and contested elections at ISS, talks to CII's Glenn Davis about the work that precedes his team's reports.
Jul 31, 2017 • 9min
No-Vote Shares & the Business Judgment Rule with Charles Elson
Charles Elson of the University of Delaware discusses whether Delaware courts will provide “business judgment rule” deference to directors of companies that offer public shareholders only non-voting shares. Judges do not second-guess board decisions under the business judgment rule, which is based in part on the shareholder franchise.
Jul 14, 2017 • 10min
CII's 2017 Majority Voting for Directors Letter Campaign
On May 31, CII sent its final batch of majority-vote letters, wrapping up a year-long effort that urged 984 Russell 3000 companies to adopt majority voting standards in the election of uncontested directors. With the campaign’s completion, CII Deputy Director Amy Borrus and Research Analyst Gabriel Morey discuss the methods, results, and takeaways from the majority voting campaign.
May 22, 2017 • 8min
Introducing CII's Study on Multi-Class Stock and Firm Value
In a new research paper, CII finds that multi-class common stock with differentiated voting rights has no meaningful effect on long-term performance, as measured by return on invested capital.
May 8, 2017 • 8min
CII's Concerns About The Financial CHOICE Act
CII Executive Director Ken Bertsch outlines how key provisions of the House financial deregulation bill would weaken critical shareholder rights, and steps CII is taking to oppose the provisions.
Apr 18, 2017 • 6min
Virtual-Only Shareholder Meetings
CII Director of Research Glenn Davis explains how shareholder meetings conducted entirely online short-change investors—and what CII is doing to persuade companies to use technology to enhance, rather than restrict, shareholder participation.
Apr 10, 2017 • 7min
Why Indexes Should Say “No” to Non-Voting Shares
CII Executive Director Ken Bertsch discusses the Council’s objections to public companies listing non-voting shares and why no-vote shares have no place in stock indexes.
