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April / 04.2019

    • General meetings
    • Executive remuneration
    12.04.2019

    At 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…

    • General meetings
    • Executive remuneration
    05.04.2019

    At 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

January / 01.2014

    • Corporate Governance
    • Executive remuneration
    27.01.2014

    The 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

    • Executive remuneration
    21.10.2013

    On 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