Q&A Blog Series: The Role of Security, Risk and Compliance Inside and Outside the Company
In today's age of high-profile data breaches and rapidly evolving regulatory landscapes, security, risk and compliance (SRC) professionals have their...
SEC Insider: New SEC Rules for Universal Proxy Cards
In SEC Insider by DFIN, Jean Luther, Mediant Director of Compliance, and Ron Schneider, DFIN Director of Corporate Governance Services, discuss...
5 Ways to Drive eDelivery Adoption
Americans are online more than ever these days, including more than 93% of adults, according to the Pew Research Center. What’s more, results from a...
The ABCs of the New Universal Proxy Rule
In November 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a new rule that requires organizations to share proxy cards for contested...
Achieve Quorum and Proposal Passage with Mediant's New Engage Solution
A trend among brokerage firms to eliminate discretionary voting is becoming an increasing concern. Most issuers require a quorum of 50 percent or...
Mediant's Guide to the Beneficial Shareholder Voting Process
How well do your retail brokerage clients understand their rights as shareholders and the voting process for exercising them?
Demystifying the De-SPACing Process
Transactions utilizing special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are more popular than ever. In the first four months of this year, SPACs, also...
Industry Collaboration on VSM Access Bodes Well for Achieving End-to-End Vote Confirmation
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused no end of disruption, but it instigated a few positive developments. For the proxy voting industry, one such outcome...
What the New Digital Legal Proxy for Virtual Shareholder Meetings Means for Brokers
Imagine you've bought tickets for a concert and you've paid extra to go backstage and meet the performers. The big night arrives, but when you turn...
| January 3, 2024
“If you can’t keep up, you can’t play” is a schoolyard taunt now echoing across wealth management. The pace of change in our industry has been remarkable and continues to accelerate. We are at the apex of a steepening demand curve driven by a new generation of investors who require easy access to near real-time information delivered with context and substance.
