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April / 04.2019
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- General meetings
- Executive remuneration
12.04.2019At the annual general meeting of UBS to be held on 2 May 2019, Ethos recommends to oppose all proposals related to the remuneration of the board of directors and the executive management. Ethos considers that the CHF 73.3 million requested for the 2018 bonus of the 13 members of the executive management is…
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- General meetings
- Executive remuneration
05.04.2019At the Annual General Meeting to be held on 26 April 2019, Ethos recommends to oppose all proposals related to the remuneration of the board of directors and the executive management of Credit Suisse. The proposed increase in the executive management’s variable remuneration is excessive in light of the ban…
October / 10.2015
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- Executive remuneration
01.10.2015At the end of the 2015 Swiss proxy season Ethos publishes a study on the different aspects tied to the implementation of the Minder Initiative and the corporate governance of the companies comprised in the Swiss Performance Index (SPI). Ethos has found that the spirit of the Minder Initiative is often circ…
January / 01.2014
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- Corporate Governance
- Executive remuneration
27.01.2014The Ethos Foundation has issued its 2014 proxy voting guidelines. One notable feature of this edition is the principles that Ethos will apply with regard to the implementation of the ordinance of execution of the initiative “against excessive remuneration”, the so-called "Minder" initiative. Ethos recommen…
October / 10.2013
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- Executive remuneration
21.10.2013On 24 November 2013, the Swiss people will vote on the popular initiative “1:12 – for fair wages“. The initiative aims at anchoring in the Swiss Constitution that the highest salary paid by a company shall not exceed twelve times the lowest salary in the same company.
August / 08.2013
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- Corporate Governance
- Executive remuneration
30.08.2013For further information please refer to the French version of this news.
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- Executive remuneration
22.08.2013Ethos Foundation comments the Swiss Government for having proceeded to a hearing on its Ordinance for the application of the Minder popular initiative “against excessive remuneration”.
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- Events
- Executive remuneration
20.08.2013For further information please refer to the German version of this news.