Abstract
Institutional Shareholder Services annually undertakes a detailed review and analysis of the structure and composition of markets across the globe in the yearly Market IQ documents. The background document examines the history and structure of the market from a governance perspective, including regulatory regimes, voting hurdles and procedures, compensation practices and shareholder ability to opine, dissident rights, investor organizations, history, and much more. In 2015, in South Korea, shadow voting will continue to remain in effect for the election and dismissal of statutory auditors or audit committee members for companies that introduce electronic voting and solicit proxy votes from all shareholders.