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 ...

Major proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis announced that it will stop offering its standard benchmark proxy voting guidelines in 2027, and transition clients to differentiated client frameworks. Glass ...

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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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 ...

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