Shareholder activism pays off
US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has thrown its weight behind twice the amount of shareholder proposals in the fiscal year 2006-7 than the previous one.
Of the 33 proposals filed by CalPERS, several were withdrawn, mainly due to companies backing down and agreeing to new corporate governance practices. Charles Valdes, chair of the investment committee...
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