Tag: proxy voting

Federal judge allows lawsuit against American Airlines’ defined contribution plans to proceed.   

The new rules will require managers to obtain consent for their investment policy.

House Republicans have ordered the CEO of As You Sow, a shareholder representative committed to reducing carbon emissions, to testify...

House Republicans again push to roll back ESG investing for plan participants.

Fidelity Institutional and Financial Engines Advisors, LLC were removed as defendants to the lawsuit, the court docket shows.

Congressional Republicans allege that proxy firms give advice based on political preferences, not investors' financial interest.

Republicans focus on the environmental aspect of ESG in a recently published report on Republican policy goals concerning investor activism.

Morningstar research examining a sample of shareholder proposals showed Vanguard opposed almost three-quarters of resolutions linked to environment, social and...

State and local defined benefit pension funds support environmental, social and governance shareholder resolutions at higher rates than do general...

DeSantis contends that applying climate and racial sensitivity to asset allocation could harm financial performance.

The agency says the proposal seeks to emphasize that climate change and other ESG factors can be financially material and...

The title of the regulation also suggests it will address the related but distinct issue of proxy voting advice and...

Until the publication of further guidance, the department says it will not enforce either final rule or pursue enforcement actions...

The DOL says it settled upon the final rule after reviewing approximately 300 written comments and 6,700 form letters from...

Attorneys say the DOL is showing frustration over the regulatory back and forth on employee benefit plan proxy voting as...

The proposal sets forth ‘permitted practices’ under which the plan fiduciary can adopt certain proxy voting policies and parameters, among...