Europe: ESMA report on the Best Practice Principles for Providers of Shareholder Voting Research and Analysis

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its report on the development of the Best Practice Principles for Providers of Shareholder Voting Research and Analysis: see here. ESMA reached the following findings in its report: the Principles generally meet ESMA's expectation; there is, as a result, greater transparency; and the group that produced the Principles would benefit from better governance and further clarity over what monitoring it performs.