THE LAUREL HILL BLOG
Industry News, Trends, and Updates
Laurel Hill Continues to Grow
Laurel Hill Advisory Group is very pleased to announce Curtis Tokarchuk as Senior Account Manager, Operations, and Shivank Goel as Associate Governance Advisory, both based in Toronto. As North America's leading independent, cross-border shareholder communications and advisory firm, Curtis and Shivank will add their expertise to the industry's most experienced, multidisciplinary and collaborative team.
ISS 2022 Canadian Benchmark Proxy Voting Policy Updates
December 7, 2021 ISS released updates to its 2022 ISS benchmark proxy voting policies. The updated policies will generally be applied for shareholder meetings taking place on or after February 1, 2022, except for certain policies that are being announced now with a one-year transition period and which will become effective in 2023.
Glass Lewis 2022 Annual Policy Updates
On November 16, 2021 Glass Lewis released its annual policy updates for the upcoming proxy year. Below is a summary of these changes as they apply directly to the Canadian market
2021 Trends in Corporate Governance Report
2021 Trends in Corporate Governance by Laurel Hill.
ISS Policy Survey Update
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) recently published the results of its Annual Global Policy Survey. The annual survey provides feedback from various constituents to ISS on areas of potential policy change for 2022 and beyond.
Global Activism Market Review ranks Laurel Hill Advisory Group #1 overall for shareholder activism mandates in Canada.
Laurel Hill Advisory Group (Canada) is pleased announce that it has been ranked tied for #1 overall for shareholder activism mandates in Canada in Bloomberg's H1 2021 Global Activism Market Review and Adviser Rankings.
2021 ISS Peer Group Submission Alert
ISS announced they will be accepting peer group submissions from corporate issuers through their online portal.
Glass Lewis 2021 Canadian Policy Updates
On November 24, 2020 Glass Lewis released its annual policy updates for the upcoming proxy year.
ISS 2021 Canadian Policy Updates
On November 12, 2020 ISS released its annual policy updates for the upcoming proxy year.