Copenhagen Stock Exchange - Focus: Corporate Governance And The Proxy Vote

Corporate governance and proxy voting has never been more debated than it is today, and this has resulted in a growing demand to standardise and streamline inefficient global voting practices which affect shareholders? ability to efficiently exercise their right to vote.

In Focus no. 92 JPMorgan Chase Bank, looks at the difficulties faced by foreign institutional investors when voting their shares. Moreover, he suggests how the voting process can be made more efficient to satisfy foreign institutional investors looking for timely notification of meeting announcements, full disclosure of information and a mechanism to ensure that their vote is received by the company and counted at the meeting.

Read the article 'Corporate governance and the proxy vote' in Focus no. 92.