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Corporate Governance Advisory

Definition:

Corporate Governance Advisory provides public companies with advise on how to  navigate and enhance their governance structures, practices, and compliance.

Key components include:

Circular / Proxy / Agenda Review: 

• Comprehensive review of the proxy statement/circular and related materials from an institutional investor and proxy advisory firm perspective to highlight potential areas of concern.
• Work with issuers to ensure disclosures are clear and meet transparency expectations of institutional investors.  Provide examples of best-in-class disclosures and advise clients on how to align with these.
• Project expected levels of shareholder support for particular ballot items, identifying shareholders likely to oppose and their rationale.
• Provide research, advice, and voting projections on shareholder proposals.

Governance Benchmarking: 

• Review and baseline current governance practices to identify focus areas.
  In-depth analysis of performance against industry peers (local and global) to identify priority opportunities for improvement.
• Provide updates on trends in ESG, shareholder activism, institutional investor policies, and related topics to support board and management.

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