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: Institutional Shareholder Services -- Corporate Governance BlogEuropean Voting Policies--What You Need to Know for 2008Submitted by: Christel Dumas, Marketing
RiskMetrics Group welcomes three governance expert speakers in its next online forum : John Garbutt of HSBC in the UK, Kris Douma of MN Services in the Netherlands, and David Diamond of Crédit Agricole Asset Management in France. All three have developed their own voting policies which they will apply during this proxy voting season. All three have chosen to focus on different issues which they believe are important when exercising shareholder rights: be it differentiated requirements per market; labor issues; social issues and more.
They will share their experience and focus tomorrow February 26 at 3.30 PM CEST; 2.30 PM GMT; 9.30 a.m. EST, as part of RiskMetrics Group's ongoing What You Need to Know series. Join these leading European Asset managers and discover how they address key topics that arise in general meetings. Compare their approach to yours and learn more about RiskMetrics? European updates on proxy voting policies. To register for the webcast, please visit here.
Full post as published by Institutional Shareholder Services -- Corporate Governance Blog on February 25, 2008 (boomark / email).
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