Press Releases

ISS Corporate Services (ICS) strives to keep its issuer clients, professional service partners and fellow stakeholders in corporate governance, executive compensation and sustainability up-to-date on the latest news, product information and trends.

MSCI Appoints Gary Retelny as President of ISS

Submitted by klewis on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 9:58am

New York -- September 15, 2011 -- MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that Gary Retelny, a member of MSCI's Executive Committee, has been appointed President of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), the leading provider of corporate governance solutions to the global financial community and a subsidiary of MSCI Inc.

ISS Corporate Services Releases Executive Compensation Study

Submitted by lydia on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 3:37pm

Findings Point to Misalignment in Peer Group Benchmarking

Rockville, MD (July 21, 2011) – ISS Corporate Services (ICS), the leading provider of governance advisory services and analytical tools to corporate issuers, announced today the release of its study, “Executive Pay Through a Peer Benchmarking Lens.”

ISS Corporate Services & SNL IR Solutions Launch Partnership

Submitted by lydia on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 2:58pm

ISS Corporate Services Offers Governance Solutions to SNL Financial Clients

Rockville, MD (March 11, 2011) – Today ISS Corporate Services (ICS), a leading provider of corporate governance, compensation and sustainability services, and SNL IR Solutions (SNL), the premier provider of investor relations websites and services, announced a partnership to advance corporate governance awareness among SNL’s IR clients. SNL IR clients will have convenient access to ICS’ corporate governance solutions and select events

ISS Corporate Services and NAEM Launch Strategic Alliance

Submitted by lydia on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 1:13pm

Corporate governance experts advance how sustainability data is used by investors

Rockville, MD (January 6, 2011) – Today ISS Corporate Services, Inc.

New ISS Corporate Services Report Highlights Need for Improved Company Disclosure Per New SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Guidelines

Submitted by lydia on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 11:46am

Only half (51%) of the companies surveyed currently disclose climate risks

Rockville, MD (October 12, 2010) – ISS Corporate Services is pleased to release 'Disclosing Climate Risks: How 100 Companies Are Responding to New SEC Guidelines,' a comprehensive report evaluating climate risk reporting at one hundred of the largest companies in the United States.

MSCI Completes Acquisition of RiskMetrics

Submitted by lydia on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 6:09pm

NEW YORK – June 1, 2010 – MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MXB), a leading global provider of investment decision support tools, including indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of RiskMetrics Group, Inc.

Governance Exchange™ Expands Into Europe

Submitted by lydia on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 7:18pm

Governance Exchange™ Brings Market Constituents from Europe into Unique, Online Environment

London, U.K. (March 29, 2010) – RiskMetrics Group, a leading provider of risk management and corporate governance services to the global financial community, extended Governance Exchange, its innovative online platform designed exclusively for board members, company executives and institutional investors to enable interaction on corporate governance issues, to Europe today.