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  "name": "Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) - Corpdata",
  "description": "Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) is a leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions, market intelligence, fund services, and events and editorial content for institutional investors and corporations, globally. Its Corpdata segment focuses on the collection and dissemination of deep governance metrics and board-level data to power institutional research.",
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  "baiScore": 88,
  "archetype": "Challenger",
  "category": "Financial Services",
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    {
      "slug": "diligent-specifically-board-compliance",
      "name": "Diligent Specifically Board Compliance"
    },
    {
      "slug": "glass-lewis",
      "name": "Glass Lewis"
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    {
      "slug": "msci-esg-research",
      "name": "MSCI ESG Research"
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  "updatedAt": "2026-04-09T22:04:20.714+00:00",
  "verifiedVitals": {
    "website": "issgovernance.com",
    "founded": "1985",
    "headquarters": "Rockville, Maryland, USA",
    "pricing_model": "Enterprise/Custom (Subscription-based for institutional access)",
    "core_products": "Proxy research and voting recommendations, Corporate Governance data (Corpdata), ESG Ratings, Executive Compensation analytics.",
    "key_differentiator": "Unmatched scale in proxy voting, covering over 50,000 meetings globally with the most influential voting policy guidelines in the industry.",
    "target_markets": "Institutional asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, and publicly traded corporations.",
    "employee_count": "3,000+",
    "funding_stage": "Subsidiary (owned by Publicly Traded Parent)",
    "subcategory": "Corporate Governance & Proxy Advisory"
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    "problemIntents": [
      "Manual In-house Tracking: Internal legal and compliance teams manually tracking proxy voting and corporate governance data via SEC filings.",
      "Governance Consultants/Legal Counsel: Hiring specialist law firms or governance consultants to provide custom reports on portfolio companies."
    ],
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      "proxy voting services for institutional investors",
      "corporate governance data providers",
      "ESG ratings for public companies",
      "shareholder meeting research and analytics",
      "executive compensation data for institutional research",
      "Financial Data Terminals: Using general financial data terminals like Bloomberg or FactSet to pull raw governance metrics without the specialized ISS ESG/Governance overlays."
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  },
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}