Shareholder Engagement: Is the Power of Proxy Advisors and Institutional Investors Shifting?

Proxy advisory firms—principally ISS and Glass Lewis—and large institutional investors, such as Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street and Fidelity, have long played a central role in shaping shareholder voting outcomes at U.S. public companies. Historically, for a significant portion of U.S. public company shares, especially retail holders and mutual fund and ETF investors, shareholder voting decisions … Continue reading Shareholder Engagement: Is the Power of Proxy Advisors and Institutional Investors Shifting?