DFIN Publishes its 12th Annual Guide to Effective Proxies
DFIN has released its 12th annual Guide to Effective Proxies, a comprehensive resource helping companies enhance their proxy statements for modern investors while adhering to SEC regulations. The guide showcases best practices from DFIN clients, setting new standards across industries. Key trends highlighted include:
1. Board diversity visualization
2. New cybersecurity disclosures
3. Shareholder engagement presentation
4. ESG initiatives and transparency
5. Universal Proxy Rule implementation
DFIN's ActiveDisclosure software facilitates innovative proxy statement creation, offering advanced design capabilities and seamless integration with Microsoft Office. A webcast on September 25, 2024, will demonstrate how to navigate and utilize the guide effectively.
DFIN ha pubblicato la sua dodicesima Guida ai Proxy Efficaci, una risorsa completa che aiuta le aziende a migliorare le loro dichiarazioni proxy per investitori moderni, rispettando le normative della SEC. La guida presenta le best practices dei clienti DFIN, stabilendo nuovi standard in diversi settori. Tra le tendenze chiave evidenziate ci sono:
1. Visualizzazione della diversità del Consiglio
2. Nuove disclosure sulla cybersecurity
3. Presentazione del coinvolgimento degli azionisti
4. Iniziative di ESG e trasparenza
5. Implementazione della Regola Universale sui Proxy
Il software ActiveDisclosure di DFIN facilita la creazione innovativa di dichiarazioni proxy, offrendo capacità di design avanzate e integrazione senza soluzione di continuità con Microsoft Office. Un webcast, previsto per il 25 settembre 2024, dimostrerà come navigare e utilizzare efficacemente la guida.
DFIN ha lanzado su duodécima Guía para Proxies Efectivos, un recurso integral que ayuda a las empresas a mejorar sus declaraciones proxy para inversores modernos, cumpliendo con las normativas de la SEC. La guía presenta las mejores prácticas de los clientes de DFIN, estableciendo nuevos estándares en diversas industrias. Las tendencias clave destacadas incluyen:
1. Visualización de la diversidad en la Junta
2. Nuevas divulgaciones sobre ciberseguridad
3. Presentación del compromiso de los accionistas
4. Iniciativas de ESG y transparencia
5. Implementación de la Regla Universal de Proxy
El software ActiveDisclosure de DFIN facilita la creación innovadora de declaraciones proxy, ofreciendo capacidades de diseño avanzadas e integración sin problemas con Microsoft Office. Un webcast programado para el 25 de septiembre de 2024 demostrará cómo navegar y utilizar la guía de manera efectiva.
DFIN은 제12회 효과적인 프록시 가이드를 발표했습니다. 이 포괄적인 자원은 기업들이 SEC 규정을 준수하면서 현대 투자자를 위한 프록시 성명을 강화하는 데 도움을 줍니다. 이 가이드는 DFIN 고객의 모범 사례를 보여주며, 다양한 산업에서 새로운 기준을 설정하고 있습니다. 강조된 주요 트렌드는 다음과 같습니다:
1. 이사회 다양성 시각화
2. 새로운 사이버 보안 공시
3. 주주 참여 발표
4. ESG 이니셔티브 및 투명성
5. 유니버설 프록시 규칙 시행
DFIN의 ActiveDisclosure 소프트웨어는 혁신적인 프록시 성명 생성을 촉진하며, 고급 디자인 기능과 Microsoft Office와의 원활한 통합을 제공합니다. 2024년 9월 25일에 예정된 웹캐스트는 가이드를 효과적으로 탐색하고 활용하는 방법을 시연할 것입니다.
DFIN a publié sa douzième Guide des Proxies Efficaces, une ressource complète qui aide les entreprises à améliorer leurs déclarations proxy pour des investisseurs modernes tout en respectant les réglementations de la SEC. Le guide présente les meilleures pratiques des clients de DFIN, établissant de nouveaux standards dans différents secteurs. Parmi les tendances clés mises en avant, on trouve :
1. Visualisation de la diversité du Conseil
2. Nouvelles divulgations en matière de cybersécurité
3. Présentation de l'engagement des actionnaires
4. Initiatives ESG et transparence
5. Mise en œuvre de la Règle Universelle des Proxies
Le logiciel ActiveDisclosure de DFIN facilite la création innovante de déclarations proxy, offrant des capacités de conception avancées et une intégration fluidifiée avec Microsoft Office. Un webinaire prévu le 25 septembre 2024 démontrera comment naviguer et utiliser efficacement le guide.
DFIN hat seine zwölfte Leitfaden für effektive Vollmachten veröffentlicht, eine umfassende Ressource, die Unternehmen dabei hilft, ihre Vollmachterklärungen für moderne Investoren zu verbessern und die SEC-Vorschriften einzuhalten. Der Leitfaden zeigt die Best Practices von DFIN-Kunden auf und setzt neue Standards in verschiedenen Branchen. Wichtige Trends, die hervorgehoben werden, sind:
1. Visualisierung der Diversität im Vorstand
2. Neue Cybersecurity-Offenlegungen
3. Präsentation des Aktionärsengagements
4. ESG-Initiativen und Transparenz
5. Umsetzung der Universellen Vollmachtsregelung
Die ActiveDisclosure-Software von DFIN erleichtert die innovative Erstellung von Vollmachterklärungen und bietet fortschrittliche Designfunktionen sowie eine nahtlose Integration mit Microsoft Office. Ein Webcast am 25. September 2024 wird demonstrieren, wie man die Anleitung effektiv navigiert und nutzt.
- DFIN assists over one-third of U.S. companies in producing informative proxy statements
- The company's ActiveDisclosure software enhances proxy statement creation and data visualization
- DFIN's guide showcases best practices and innovative disclosure trends in proxy statements
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Hot trends include cybersecurity rules, shareholder engagement, and sustainability efforts
This year's guide features proxy statements from DFIN clients who have raised the bar with their disclosures, in the process creating heightened investor expectations across industries. The guide offers insights and best practices for companies aiming to highlight board diversity, new cybersecurity disclosures, ESG initiatives, and more.
To demonstrate how to navigate and utilize the guide, DFIN will host a webcast on September 25, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. ET. Register for the webcast here.
"DFIN continues to innovate the annual proxy statement, helping over one-third of all
Notable disclosure trends highlighted in the guide include:
- Board Diversity: Companies are humanizing boards by using expertly designed charts, graphs, and photographs to highlight board diversity metrics and accompany relevant facts delivered in traditional narrative.
- Cybersecurity Rules: Companies are disclosing material cybersecurity incidents and the processes used to manage cybersecurity risks and disclosing company leadership's role in assessing and managing those risks.
- Shareholder Engagement: Companies are creating proxies with stylish designs highlighting governance wins and performance charts showcasing shareholder engagement throughout the year.
- Sustainability Efforts (ESG): Companies are increasingly transparent about their impact on the environment, sharing new ways to present related risks and opportunities, transition plans and commitments, metrics, and targets.
- Universal Proxy Rule: Companies are reimagining director bios to highlight each individual director's unique contributions to the board.
"DFIN reviewed over 1,000 client proxies when creating this year's guide and compiled best-in-class, practical examples intended to help companies comply with new and forthcoming regulations and impress increasingly demanding investors," said Ron Schneider, Director of Corporate Governance Services at DFIN. "Companies continue to raise the disclosure bar, increasing investor expectations."
DFIN clients develop innovative proxy statements with ActiveDisclosure, which helps them create advanced page designs and content layouts and visualize data with tables, charts, and graphs that make the corporate story come to life.
One of ActiveDisclosure's many advantages is that it seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Office, enabling teams throughout the company to link source data from existing excel spreadsheets to maintain data accuracy. Additionally, ActiveDisclosure enables easy track changes and commenting, which helps teams collaborate quickly and effectively.
To learn more about ActiveDisclosure for proxy statements and shareholder communications, visit: dfinsolutions.com/products/activedisclosure
Download DFIN's Guide to Effective Proxies and register for the webcast demonstration to learn how to best navigate and use the guide.
About DFIN
DFIN is a leading global risk and compliance solutions company. We provide domain expertise, enterprise software, and data analytics for every stage of our clients' business and investment lifecycles. Markets fluctuate, regulations evolve, technology advances, and through it all, DFIN delivers confidence with the right solutions in moments that matter. Learn about DFIN's end-to-end risk and compliance solutions online at DFINsolutions.com, or you can also follow us on Twitter @DFINSolutions or LinkedIn.
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