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Without having proxy advisers on retainer, annual meetings are dominated by those who do: asset managers and activist investors.

His company generates leads for law firms and is compensated with a flat fee or a monthly retainer from the firms.

The firm will get nearly half the payout for each client, per retainer agreements viewed by The Times.

I’m already worried my favorite scent, Jazz Club, which sells at mainstream mall retainers, has become too well known.

"In the American version, it's a very expensive format, having a writers' room and keeping a cast of actors on retainer, essentially, the whole time. That's really expensive," Lewis told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.