proxy advisors – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:21:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Who benefits and who suffers from the SEC’s proposed proxy-advisory rules? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2019 04:27:04 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/ The debate surrounding how institutional investors use proxy voting is heating up. The contention hinges on guidance the Securities and Exchange Commission released earlier this year on the activities of proxy-advisory firms. It says that when proxy-advisory firms provide proxy-voting advice to their investor clients, it counts as proxy solicitations. That, in turn, means those […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/who-benefits-and-who-suffers-from-the-secs-proposed-proxy-advisory-rules/feed/ 0 What’s the role of the proxy advisor as rules shift? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/whats-the-role-of-the-proxy-advisor-as-rules-shift/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/whats-the-role-of-the-proxy-advisor-as-rules-shift/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2019 05:19:40 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/whats-the-role-of-the-proxy-advisor-as-rules-shift/ As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission moves to increase its oversight over proxy voting advisory firms, Horizons ETFs is evolving its proxy voting policies to take on a more socially responsible investing position. “We do have an obligation to our unit-holders to act in their best fiduciary interest, but we also have a socially […]

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