As I said at the beginning, the Council of Institutional Investors is a powerful watchdog of the watchdogs.

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"It's a good thing, and it was the right thing to do, " said Sarah Treslik, executive director of the Council of Institutional Investors.

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That's a better response rate than the year before, when 85% of companies gave shareholders the back of their hands, says the Council of Institutional Investors.

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The New York pension fund and other members of the Council of Institutional Investors sent letters to 430 companies in 2010 asking that they disclose political contributions made with corporate funds.

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That's the remarkable story that emerged this week as the American Federation of Teachers president tried to sandbag hedge fund investor Dan Loeb at a conference sponsored by the Council of Institutional Investors.

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Douglas Ferrans, author of a report on equity underwriting for the Institutional Investors Council, says the bundling of charges for corporate-broking services with underwriting fees raises the suspicion that shareholders are paying over the odds.

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