The SECmust make it easier and legally safer forlarge shareholders to play a meaningful role in corporate control contests, even if they have no interest in assuming control themselves.

The New York Times Company should preach what it practices on shareholder democracy.

Corporations today are based on "agency capitalism" rather than "shareholder democracy".

The Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (SFRC) is a group of publicly recognized independent experts on the financial services industry, including banking, insurance, and securities, who meet regularly to study and critique regulatory policies affecting this sector of the economy. At the two closed sessions before the luncheon, committee members discuss,...

Acontroversial 2003 Securities and Exchange Commission rule, intended to make it easier for shareholders to nominate and elect members of corporate boards, is back on the table.

The SEC should focus reform efforts on reducing barriers for the involvement of significant shareholders in the corporate governance of publicly traded firms.

If personal retirement accounts are good enough for union bosses, why not for union members?

Shareholder access proposals, masquerading as the questionable notion of "shareholder democracy," would hamper corporate efficiency and profitability.