Institutional Shareholder Services

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Institutional Shareholder Services

A company that institutional investors use as their proxy in the annual meetings of publicly-traded companies in which institutional investors have shares. It advises institutional investors how to vote in these meetings and casts votes on their behalf. It provides these services in exchange for a fee. See also: Proxy firm.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)

A private organization that provides proxy voting and corporate governance services to institutional investors. The firm evaluates proxy proposals and makes voting recommendations to its clients. ISS was an important player in the proxy fight over Hewlett-Packard's proposed acquisition of Compaq.

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1 October 2013 -- New York-based corporate governance solutions provider Institutional Shareholder Services Inc said that it has hired Nancy Adler as head of marketing.

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AirTran Airways Inc, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings Inc (NYSE: AAI), has announced that Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), an independent proxy advisory service, has recommended that shareholders of Midwest Air Group Inc (Amex: MEH) do not vote to re-elect any of Midwest's three directors.

ISS recommends Midwest shareholders to vote for AirTran nominees

"You could see the storm clouds gathering--it appeared to be increasingly impossible for the board to allow [Greenberg] to remain" as CEO, says Institutional Shareholder Services executive vice president Patrick McGurn.

Leadership: Greenberg exit puts boards in spotlight

Institutional Shareholder Services' Social Investment Research Service in Rockville, Md., reports that Baxter has a clean record.

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Alexander's Holdings, announced that Institutional Shareholder Services has endorsed its case for change at J.

Acora says ISS recommends J. Alexander's investors vote 'gold' proxy card

US-based proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services Inc is recommending that shareholders of US-based energy industry technology and infrastructure services provider CB and I (NYSE: CBI) vote in favour of the company's agreed deal to merge with Texas, US-based offshore and subsea oil and gas services provider McDermott International, Inc.

Deal snapshot: PROXY ADVISORY FIRM ISS RECOMMENDS CB AND I SHAREHOLDERS VOTE 'FOR' PROPOSED DEAL WITH MCDERMOTT

--Gary Retelny, president of Institutional Shareholder Services, one of the two biggest proxy advisory firms in the U.S.

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Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) (ZHR: CSGN) (CSGN.VX) has hired Chris Young, director of mergers and acquisitions and proxy-fight research at Institutional Shareholder Services, to lead the bank's takeover-defence practice Dow Jones has reported, citing a separate report by the New York Times on its DealBook blog.

Credit Suisse hires M&A expert from shareholder adviser

Chris Young will remain director of mergers and acquisitions and proxy fight at the bank's Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) until May.

Credit Suisse appoints Chris Young director, head of takeover defense practice

Few observers are tracking the nexus between governance and shareholder issues more closely than Patrick McGurn, executive vice president and chief counsel at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).

Boards of directors: expectations elevated

Trying to increase attendance at governance programs is Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the largest proxy advisory firm in the United States.

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