What do shareholders want? — Latest ISS survey offers some answers

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Abstract: Management teams at public companies may not always understand or adequately address shareholder concerns — but they need to try. One valuable tool for learning what shareholders want is the annual survey conducted by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). This article summarizes results from its recent survey. For example, public companies and institutional investors agree on many critical corporate governance topics, including compensation and board member qualifications. But they differ on other certain key issues, including “say-on-pay.”