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Jan 12, 2026 Proactive cyber preparedness
Keys to building a communications plan that successfully prepares companies for a cyber incident By Lauren Odell, Partner and COO; Michael Landau, Senior Vice President; Ashley Grund, Vice President, Gladstone Place Partners The prevalence of disruptive and costly cyber incidents has been growing in recent years as hacking groups become increasingly sophisticated in their use … continued
Jan 9, 2026 Sunset Over Proxy Firms?
The embattled proxy advisory firms have been facing ongoing political, regulatory and legal pressures in Washington, D.C. and the Lone Star state, and now they may be facing a new threat by the House of Morgan.
Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that JPMorgan is ending its relationships with third-party proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis. Many huzzahs were heard across corporate America.
Instead of relying on ISS and Glass Lewis analysis (and perhaps voting), JPM's Asset and Wealth Management professionals will use a new proprietary AI tool, Proxy IQ, to help guide normal course votes at more than 3,000 shareholder meetings this season. The tool, The Deal reports, will only be used for voting on U.S. company proxies, and the rollout will be phased over the next two quarters.
Oct 22, 2025 Get Ready for the Pass-Through Revolution
A quiet revolution is unfolding in the worlds of proxy voting, corporate governance and investor communications. So-called ‘pass-through’ voting programs, rolled out by large asset managers, are bringing millions of new participants into the proxy-voting ecosystem and creating entirely new cohorts of retail shareholders at publicly listed companies.
On October 21, Vanguard made a major announcement in this process with the addition of three funds – including its flagship S&P 500 ETF (VOO), the world’s largest ETF – to the list of participating funds in its pass-through voting program next year (which it calls Investor Choice). With this expansion, 20 million of Vanguard’s 50 million clients will be eligible to participate in its pass-through voting program in the 2026 season.
Aug 11, 2025 From Coffee Chats to Career Goals: Insights from GPP’s 2025 Summer Interns
As summer winds down, we’re excited to recognize the contributions of our four exceptional summer interns: Abby Ferraro, Devin McDonald, Emily Luo and Veronica O’Brien. From day one, they approached every project with curiosity, enthusiasm and a genuine desire to learn. Whether assisting in drafting communications materials, supporting client work, or diving into research, each … continued
Aug 27, 2024 Insights and Advice from GPP’s 2024 Summer Interns
As the end of another busy summer approaches, we’d like to shine a spotlight on our three outstanding summer interns: Rosa Sun, Mauryan Uppalapati and Max Friedman. With an eagerness to contribute to the firm’s client focus and a dedication to learning more about the work, our interns demonstrated their enthusiasm, curiosity and unique perspectives. … continued
Mar 6, 2024 GPP Dealmakers Survey: 2024
Ahead of the 36th Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute, Gladstone Place Partners fielded a survey to readers of our exclusive activism and corporate governance newsletter and received predictions on topics ranging from deal market activity, the industries expected to drive deal-making this year and the most prominent trend in the 2024 proxy season. Importantly, dealmakers … continued
Sep 1, 2023 Insights and Advice from GPP’s 2023 Summer Interns
As we near the end of summer, we’d like to take a moment to highlight our four fantastic summer interns and their experience at GPP. When they weren’t busy lunching at Le Rock, enjoying a Mets game at Citifield, or touring Bloomberg LP’s offices, this summer’s class drafted M&A comms plans, contributed to client teams, … continued
Dec 1, 2022 From Mom & Pop to Meme: Communications Considerations of BlackRock’s Retail Voting Proposal
As we put the US midterm election cycle behind us, voting rights has cropped up as a major issue in the corporate governance community as well. Issuers have long bemoaned the power of a handful of major institutions that could sway elections with the click of a keyboard. Now, BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink … continued
Aug 19, 2022 GPP’s Summer Intern Class of 2022: Coffee, Comms and Q&A
This summer, GPP welcomed four summer interns to its Midtown office. It was a busy season, packed with networking events, presentations, and many iced coffees to combat the summer heat.
Dec 17, 2021 Five Lessons from Successful de-SPACs
From our work in the capital markets, Gladstone Place Partners sees five key lessons to successfully navigating the de-SPAC process.