As the Commission considers scrapping its climate disclosure regime, Minerva argues the rules require revision rather than repeal.

Investors need certainty about the rules and consistency in how evidence is weighed.

China unveils 22 governance measures for financial institutions, strengthening shareholder transparency, beneficial ownership disclosure and risk oversight.

As the US retreats from mandatory climate disclosures, Singapore is strengthening alignment with ISSB sustainability reporting standards.

After setbacks to its proxy advisor legal campaign, Texas is testing a different legal route with potentially far-reaching consequences for investors.

As speculation over the future of SEC Rule 14a-8 continues, investors have moved to stress the case for reform rather than removal of the shareholder proposal framework.

Seven months after President Trump ordered federal agencies to investigate proxy advisors, Texas lawmakers are demanding progress, signalling that a campaign stalled in the courts is shifting into the political arena.

A shareholder lawsuit alleging undisclosed political arrangements linked to President Donald Trump has opened a new front in the proposed US$111 billion Paramount–Warner Bros Discovery merger, shifting investor attention from antitrust approval to corporate governance and board accountability.

TXSE’s launch may look like a modest market debut, but it could mark a more significant shift in how companies balance management power and shareholder rights.

A US court has blocked anti-DEI conditions on federal grants in California and Oregon, marking a further legal setback for the Trump administration.

The SEC’s decision to delay reforms to the shareholder proposal regime reduces immediate disruption but fails to assuage concerns over potential retreat from Rule 14a-8.

Analysis of 2026 proxy voting trends, governance reforms, shareholder activism and Vote No campaigns across the US, UK and Japan.

A third US court has blocked state restrictions on proxy advice, sharpening the legal line between investor disclosure and selective pressure on dissenting analysis.

A potential repeal of Rule 14a-8 would turn the SEC’s retreat from shareholder proposal oversight into a structural test of whether US investors still have a reliable route to raise governance concerns at companies.

A group of Republican lawmakers is challenging the anti-ESG backlash from within its own ranks, arguing that political interference in investment decisions threatens free markets and investor autonomy.