Corporate boards are being urged to take direct oversight of AI transformation as companies move beyond experimentation to redesign products, services, decision-making, operations, and workforces foll…
Glass, Lewis & Co. reports that cybersecurity oversight is now nearly universal at large-cap companies, while defined board oversight of AI is emerging quickly but still lags, with about 70% of large …
EY's Center for Board Matters reports that 37% of S&P 500 companies cited AI experience for at least one director in the 2026 proxy season, up from 11% in 2022, and 17% of S&P 500 boards now have a te…
Nearly three in four companies plan to deploy agentic AI within two years, yet only one in five has a mature governance model for autonomous agents, according to Wellington Management's Private Invest…
Shareholder activism held steady in H1 2026 despite market volatility, with M&A and AI-related campaigns dominating, according to Diligent Market Intelligence (DMI). Notable contests included Paramoun…
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) adverse recommendations continued to influence S&P 500 vote outcomes during the 2026 proxy season, despite regulatory pressures and competition from AI-enabled…
Aon plc's 2026 proxy season analysis found that shareholder proposal submissions declined by as much as 40-50% relative to 2025, yet governance proposals remained the strongest category, with environm…
Vinson & Elkins LLP partner Jon Solorzano outlines five strategies for strengthening corporate governance, including updating disclosure playbooks for AI-driven proxy voting, navigating regulatory fra…
Pay Governance consultants Steve DeMaria and Lane Ringlee report that compensation committees face a rapidly changing external environment heading into the 2026–2027 proxy season, driven by economic u…
A series of recent court decisions in 2026 reveal that non-lawyer officers and directors using AI chatbots for legal advice face significant risk that their queries and outputs will be discoverable in…
Will Goodwin, Co-founder & Head of US Sales at Tumelo, argues in a new white paper that AI is reshaping asset manager stewardship as the proxy-advisory duopoly faces regulatory pressure. The report co…
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP managing director Matt DiGuiseppe and directors Gregory Johnson and Ariel Smilowitz advise boards to reframe shareholder engagement as a core oversight function, shifting fr…
Russell Reynolds Associates identified five practices that distinguish the strongest corporate boards, including protecting forward-looking meeting time, stewarding productive disagreement, and buildi…
A new EY report based on a survey of over 100 directors finds that the quality and flow of information from management and board culture are the top drivers of board effectiveness, while board composi…
A Pearl Meyer analysis of 2,500 public company proxy statements found only 58 (2%) incorporate AI into executive incentive programs, with just 12% using explicit AI metrics. Compensation committees fa…
Skadden attorneys warn that using AI to record or transcribe board meetings and generate minutes creates detailed records of confidential discussions that could be turned over in litigation. Communica…
CEO pay in the S&P 500 and Russell 3000 reached record highs in fiscal year 2025, with median S&P 500 CEO compensation rising 21% over five years to $17.5 million. Investors are intensifying scrutiny …
A DragonGC analysis of 406 S&P 500 proxy filings from 2026 found that 33.5% mentioned tariffs, with 15.3% explicitly linking tariff developments to executive pay decisions. Tariff-related disclosures …
Shareholder activists are increasingly targeting companies over their artificial intelligence strategies, criticizing slow adoption and vague communication. During the 2026 proxy season, activists lik…
Glass Lewis's 2026 Investment Stewardship Survey reveals that investors prioritize climate change and governance in engagements, with European investors focusing more on sustainability and North Ameri…