US - The US$183bn California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is set to consider on Monday a change to its corporate governance principles to allow Board directors to be elected by a majority vote of stockholders.
The proposal, which will be considered by the fund’s investment committee, is a change from common practice in the US, according to CalPERS. “In the United States, corporate directors are genera...
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