Voting – Revelio https://www.revelio.com Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:28:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.revelio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-Sun-Logo-512x512-32x32.png Voting – Revelio https://www.revelio.com 32 32 Want a Bigger Say on Corporate Behavior? Move Your Money https://www.revelio.com/2020/01/04/want-a-bigger-say-on-corporate-behavior-move-your-money/ Sat, 04 Jan 2020 03:53:54 +0000 http://www.revelio.com/?p=12460 In August 2019 the Business Roundtable issued a statement proclaiming that corporations should justify existence by looking beyond the traditional narrow focus of serving shareholders. It must, as the statement declares, consider other stakeholders, including suppliers, employees, customers, and the environment. Reflecting on this statement, the author of this New York Times article draws our attention to evidence that shareholders, and particularly small and individual shareholders of corporations, have experienced ever diminishing rights and powers over the past several decades. In an environment where the gap between executive and median pay is at historic highs, the author draws our attention to how we have gotten here and what we, as investors, can do about it.

Want a Bigger Say on Corporate Behavior? Move Your Money

]]> Index funds invest trillions but rarely challenge management https://www.revelio.com/2019/11/03/index-funds-invest-trillions-but-rarely-challenge-management/ Sun, 03 Nov 2019 12:37:23 +0000 http://www.revelio.com/?p=12436 Many investors are attracted to the low fees charged by passive index funds. But are these passive funds good stewards of investors’ assets? This Reuters article explores the proxy voting record of passive funds and raises important questions around investor engagement. Or worse, what happens when it is abdicated.

Reuters: Index funds invest trillions but rarely challenge management

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