Proxy-voting certainly took the spotlight in 2025. We saw the SEC narrow the scope of permissible shareholder proposals toward the beginning of the year. And toward the end, a White House executive ...

ISS Governance has announced its Benchmark Policy Updates for its proxy voting guidelines applicable to stockholder meetings on or after February 1, 2026. As explained in this November Cooley client ...

Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act requires a registered investment adviser with proxy voting authority to adopt policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that proxies are ...

Regulators took on proxy voting in 2025, amid concerns that proxy advisors and large index investors are increasingly opposing management objectives. But our latest research on voting trends by the ...

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SEC Approves Groundbreaking Retail Voting Program to Promote Retail Shareholder Participation This major shift in policy from the SEC is historical since the SEC had maintained that SVIs were not an ...

From 2020 to 2024, the number of shareholder proposals increased steadily, fueled by growing interest in the E and S issues of the ESG mix. Read more here.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Williamson covers capital markets and long-term strategies. In June, Texas passed Senate Bill 2337, which imposes ...