"NGS has been forced to file supplemental proxy statements in response to this misleading proxy advice in seven of the past nine annual proxy seasons."

The rather lackluster performance of markets this year could see a negative rate of return for state pensions.

It's a big shift: As recently as June, a group led by Blackstone provided about $5 billion of debt to fund the LBO of software maker Zendesk.

In a year already marked by overwhelming legislative and regulatory change, group health plans now must address abortion coverage in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org.