Patrick Brentlinger

Between The Lines #7: What is a Withdrawal for Commitment?

Recent Proxy Season Takeaways What is a Proxy Vote? Voting by proxy is when shareholders get a chance to tell the companies in which they are invested which proposals they are for and against. Learn more here. Gun Policy  After years of pressuring one of the two publicly held gun manufacturing companies, Sturm Ruger, Civex Advocate …

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In ESG measurement, the proxy vote wins

Due to an increasingly regulated environment, asset management firms are striving to improve their transparency and measurement around ESG strategies or risk being caught in regulatory crosshairs. The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement that began as a branding initiative led a revolution, embraced by many firms as a way to show clients that they …

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