2009 Draft Policies for Comment

 

In October, 2008, The RiskMetrics Global Policy Board invited financial market participants to share their thoughts on the following important corporate governance issues, which represented some of the policy changes under consideration for 2009.

All comments are posted verbatim. While RiskMetrics considers all feedback that we receive, comments without attribution were not published.

Audit

Poor Accounting Practices (U.S.)

Board

Discharge of Directors (Europe) Independent Chair (U.S.) Names of Director Nominees Not Disclosed (Global) Net Operating Loss Poison Pills (U.S.) Election of Former CEO as Chairman (Germany, UK, Netherlands)

Compensation

Poor Pay Practices Policy (Canada) Peer Group Selection for Executive Compensation Comparisons (U.S.) Poor Pay Practices (U.S.) Pay for Performance (U.S.) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Compensation Related Proposals (U.S.)

Capital/Organization

Income Trust Converting to Corporation Policy (Canada) Share Buyback Proposals (Global)