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Anti-ESG proxy 'explosion' ends with a whimper, not a bang
Personal Finance
Anti-ESG proxy 'explosion' ends with a whimper, not a bang
Though anti-ESG shareholder proposals received much attention, they garnered little support if any
Ruth Saldanha | 16 August 2022
Proxy season underway; Off to Omaha: Week ahead in US markets
Markets
Proxy season underway; Off to Omaha: Week ahead in US markets
Banks and pharmaceutical companies face a wave of shareholder proposals. Netflix shares plunge as United, Delta, and American rise.
Jakir Hossain | 26 April 2022
Changes in Australian proxy-advice regulation will not improve investor outcomes
Stocks
Changes in Australian proxy-advice regulation will not improve investor outcomes
Proxy advisers can be akin to the pebble in the shoe of a company, painful and difficult to ignore. Changes in regulation may prevent the pebble from...
Erica Hall | 13 January 2022
Tesla faces growing investor revolt
Stocks
Tesla faces growing investor revolt
Despite the stock's meteoric rise, shareholders are pushing back against Tesla's management and board.
Tom Lauricella | 18 October 2021
How Facebook silences its investors
Stocks
How Facebook silences its investors
Zuckerberg has veto power over investors thanks to Facebook’s share class structure.
Tom Lauricella | 10 October 2021
Tracker funds have too much voting power
ETFs
Tracker funds have too much voting power
Criticisms about index funds have proven largely unfounded – until now.
John Rekenthaler | 15 June 2021
US shareholders take up the racial justice fight
Stocks
US shareholders take up the racial justice fight
A look at how shareholders pursued racial justice in the 2020 proxy season, and what we expect in 2021.
Jackie Cook | 29 July 2020
Investing basics: proxy voting and why you should care
Personal Finance
Investing basics: proxy voting and why you should care
It’s a way to have your say as a shareholder in how the companies in your portfolio are run.
Emma Rapaport | 19 June 2020
Human rights on the ballot at Google
Stocks
Human rights on the ballot at Google
Alphabet’s AGM will see shareholders vote on 10 proposals, including pay equity, sustainability and human rights risks – but it's looking...
Ruth Saldanha | 03 June 2020
State Street's gender diversity fund fails to live up to its name, says Morningstar
Funds
State Street's gender diversity fund fails to live up to its name, says Morningstar
State Street, the US investment management firm behind the Fearless Girl statue, isn't as supportive of gender-diversity as one would think,...
Emma Rapaport | 10 April 2019