Whois & Analysis for issgovernance.com

Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) is a proxy advisory firm.

Hedge funds, mutual funds and similar organizations that own shares of multiple companies pay ISS to advise (and often vote their shares) regarding share holder votes.

It is the largest such firm, with over 61 percent of the business.

It was owned by MSCI until April 30, 2014 when it was purchased by Vestar Capital Partners.

Corporate governance broadly refers to the mechanisms, processes and relations by which corporations are controlled and directed.

Governance structures and principles identify the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors, managers, shareholders, creditors, auditors, regulators, and other stakeholders) and includes the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs.

Corporate governance includes the processes through which corporations' objectives are set and pursued in the context of the social, regulatory and market environment.

Governance mechanisms include monitoring the actions, policies, practices, and decisions of corporations, their agents, and affected stakeholders.

Corporate governance practices are affected by attempts to align the interests of stakeholders.

Interest in the corporate governance practices of modern corporations, particularly in relation to accountability, increased following the high-profile collapses of a number of large corporations during 2001–2002, most of which involved accounting fraud; and then again after the recent financial crisis in 2008.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.

Its first component launched into orbit in 1998, and the ISS is now the largest man-made body in space and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth.

The ISS consists of pressurised modules, external trusses, solar arrays, and other components.

ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.

Socially responsible investing (SRI), or social investment, also known as sustainable, socially conscious, "green" or ethical investing, is any investment strategy which seeks to consider both financial return and social good to bring about a social change.

Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix.

Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user that needs it.

This can be done directly by the producer or service provider, or using indirect channels with intermediaries.