Proxy Voting

"Institutional investors—and their investment advisers—often find it helpful to turn to specialized businesses called proxy advisory firms to provide them with voting recommendations concerning important ...

"In addition to eliminating these provisions, the Commission is rescinding certain supplemental guidance for investment advisers that was issued in connection with the 2020 amendments ...

"The majority of shareholders now vote through the grant of proxy in advance of the meeting, electronically. In other words, they fill out a ballot, ...

"I remain perplexed as to why the Commission is taking this action and what changed during the roughly ten months between the adoption of the ...

This is Lord Abbett's policy and procedures for proxy voting

'Do not make it more difficult for investment advisers to engage in proxy voting or to use' proxy advisory firms, wrote one commenter

Birdthistle mixed it up in battles over proxy voting, fees and ESG

Institutional investors and investment advisers generally retain PVABs to assist with voting determinations on behalf of their clients as well as “other aspects of the ...

"I simply cannot pretend that this is a normal course of action for the Commission.  A more reasonable approach would be to commit to a ...

Today’s proposal is an explicit attempt to peel back their protections