Resources & News
Ahead of Hearing, Warren Presses SEC Chair Paul Atkins on Implementation of Trump Executive Order To Weaken Shareholder Rights
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
February 12, 2026
“The Executive Order appears to be part of a multi-faceted ploy by the Trump Administration to weaken shareholders’ ability to participate in corporate decision-making”
Texas’ New Proxy Advisor Law Regulates Speech, Not Securities
Bloomberg Law
February 2, 2026
Rather than regulating conflicts of interest, accuracy, or transparency in the ordinary sense, the statute conditions proxy advice on how and why a recommendation is made, particularly when it incorporates what the statute labels “nonfinancial” considerations.
That isn’t securities regulation as traditionally understood. It’s compelled speech.
Investors ditch proxy advisers at their own risk
Financial Times
January 8, 2026
Admittedly, the proxy firms are fallible. But they at least come with accountability ... In doing research, developing standards and taking a position, ISS and Glass Lewis offer a service, but also a shield. Those who go without them had better be ready to answer for their voting decisions.
CII Publishes Brief to Dispel Myths about Proxy Advisors
Council of Institutional Investors
July 17, 2025
As debate over the regulation of proxy advisors heats up on Capitol Hill, CII published a brief to refute many of the claims that lawmakers are relying on to muster support for their efforts to crack down on advisors.