As you prepare for the 2012 proxy season, please join ISS for two informative webinars on December 6 and December 7 on the updates to ISS' benchmark proxy voting policies for Europe and the United States. ISS experts will also provide a preview of the key issues that institutional investors and issuers will face in the coming year. 

European Policy Updates, Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 2:30 PM GMT
Presented by ISS' Jean-Nicolas Caprasse, Head of Business, Europe; Daniel Jarman, Head of U.K. Research; Thomas von Oehsen, Head of German-Dutch Research; and Eva Chauvet, Senior Analyst, French Research. Key policy and market updates that will be covered:

• European equity compensation including new, ISS France-specific guidelines.
• U.K. update on the recently published ABI Principles of Remuneration.
• Failures of risk oversight.

U.S. Policy Updates, Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 11:00 AM EST
Presented by ISS' Dr. Martha Carter, Head of Governance Research; Carol Bowie, Head of U.S. Compensation Research; and Patrick McGurn, Special Counsel. Among the key policy updates that will be covered:

• ISS will provide a more robust view of the relationship between executive pay and company performance over a sustained time horizon.
• ISS' new policy on board responsiveness to say-on-pay votes.
• ISS has expanded the factors it will consider with regard to proxy access proposals.

To register for these webinars, please click here.

The ISS global policy updates are the culmination of an extensive consultation process that included outreach to and input from institutional investors and corporate issuers worldwide. ISS analysts will begin applying the updated policies to all publicly-traded companies with shareholder meetings on or after February 1, 2012. To learn more about the policy updates, please visit the ISS Policy Gateway.