Current attempts to reform financial markets presume that shareholder empowerment benefits shareholders. We investigate … the wealth effects associated with the SEC's rule to facilitate director nominations by shareholders. Our results are not … the probability of passage of the proposal, firms whose shareholders are more likely to use the rule to nominate directors …

Shareholders around the world are seeking greater dialogue with boards of directors of investee companies on an … investment firm, offers practical suggestions to boards on improving engagement with their shareholders.Suggestions made include …: 1) boards should strive to build long-term, trust-based relationships with their most significant shareholders and board …

effects of a new SEC rule designed to lessen managerial power by increasing large, long-term shareholders' influence in the …

The prerogative of boards of directors to nominate the members of the board for election by the shareholders is now …. This challenge to a board prerogative is called proxy access by shareholders to the director nomination process.As a result … of amendments to the existing regulations in the United States, there has been a flood of proposals from shareholders to …