Feedback from institutional investors and issuers on emerging corporate governance issues is a key part of RiskMetrics Group's annual policy review and update process. This year, RiskMetrics is soliciting feedback through six regional surveys, covering the United States, the United Kingdom, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, and a survey designed for international markets in general.

The survey focuses on the most significant governance issues, such as director elections and board attendance, separation of chairman and CEO positions, executive compensation (including “say on pay”), proxy contests, and M&A.

For the first time, RiskMetrics also is conducting a parallel survey for all U.S. corporate issuers to gather further market insight on these emerging governance issues. RiskMetrics encourages respondents to complete surveys for all markets in which they have a corporate governance interest.

Individual survey responses will not be shared with anyone outside of RiskMetrics and will be used only by the RiskMetrics Policy Board for policy formulation purposes.

For more information on the surveys, and to participate, please click here. The deadline for responding has been extended to Aug. 19.