State Street launches digital proxy voting service in UK & Ireland through Proxymity
Global custodian follows rivals BNY Mellon and Citi in adopting Proxymity services this month.
Proxy voting
Proxy voting rises up the ranks of industry concerns, finds TNF panel
A combination of investor demographics, financial crises and regulatory reporting requirements has been driving it up the agenda of the entire transaction chain.
BNY Mellon taps Proxymity for global roll-out of proxy voting service
The custodian will initially go live with the service in Belgium and France for the 2023 voting season.
Citi to roll out Proxymity’s digital proxy voting in South Africa
The launch builds on the existing relationship between the two firms, which has seen similar initiatives in Europe and APAC.
Australian and New Zealand proxy voting processes hamper custody clients, finds new research
Beneficial investors in Australian and New Zealand companies have just five to seven days to respond to shareholder meeting notifications, new research shows.
Proxymity’s platform in use at over 60% of FTSE 100 firms
The milestone for the start-up spun out of Citi comes ahead of the 2023 UK voting season.
BlackRock and rivals to extend proxy preferences to retail investors
Pilot programmes to explore practicalities of gathering input from investors in pooled funds.