Northern Trust to provide corporate governance data to custodial clients

The Northern Trust Company, a custody, asset administration and investment management services firm, is offering institutional clients using its Global Investor Passport portal access to Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ) scores set by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a Maryland-based provider of proxy voting and corporate governance services. Clients can then incorporate these scores into their overall portfolio management strategies.

ISS’s CGQ system rates 7,500 companies based on the quality of their corporate boards and how their governance policies affect their stock performance; scores are calculated on the following factors:

• Board of directors
• Audit
• Charter and bylaw provisions
• Anti-takeover provisions
• Executive compensation
• Progressive practices • Ownership
• Director education

ISS uses companies’ individual scores to rank them relative to their industry and peer groups.

Northern Trust vice-president

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Risk.net? View our subscription options

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Risk.net account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account here