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Finance Professors Look at Potential Mutual Fund Proxy Voting Conflicts
March 31, 2011
Rasha Ashraf of the Department of Finance at Georgia State University, Narayanan Jayaraman at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Harley Ryan of the Department of Finance at Georgia State University have released a draft of a paper looking at whether mutual funds' pension-related business ties… read more
February 16 Webinar: Mechanics of Shareholder Voting
December 30, 2010
On February 16, from 2:00 to 3:00PM EST, the Forum will present a webinar featuring a discussion led by Edward Pittman, of the Dechert law firm, on the mechanics of the proxy system. In this webinar, Mr. Pittman will outline how issuers communicate with shareholders, how votes… read more
ICI Files Friend of the Court Brief in Proxy Access Case
December 16, 2010
The Investment Company Institute (ICI), and it's affiliate, the Independent Directors Council, have submitted an amicus, or friend of court, brief in support of the Business Roundtable’s and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s lawsuit, which seeks to invalidate the proxy access rules adopted by… read more
ISS Policy Update for 2011 Proxy Season
December 14, 2010
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), the most influential proxy adviser in the US, has issued updates to its proxy voting policies for shareholder meetings held on or after February 1, 2011. The update highlights some hot issues that will appear in proxies over the the… read more
ICI Publishes Fund Proxy Voting Survey
November 17, 2010
The Investment Company Institute has published the results of a survey the industry group conducted of the proxy voting trends of registered investment companies for the years 2007 to 2009. Generally, the study finds that during the recent financial crisis, mutual funds dedicated much time and energy in… read more