Just when you were getting used to saying “RiskMetrics,” we’re now back to “ISS.” This past June, MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”), a provider of investment decision support tools, completed its acquisition of RiskMetrics Group, Inc. (“RiskMetrics”), the parent company of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”). As a part of this acquisition, the entity that provides governance and proxy voting guidance to institutional investors will be separated from its former parent and shall again be known as “ISS.”
| Download PDF >On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law major financial reform legislation in the form of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The primary focus of this law is the restructuring of US financial system regulation. It also includes provisions related to executive compensation and corporate governance affecting publicly traded companies.
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