Proxy-voting certainly took the spotlight in 2025. We saw the SEC narrow the scope of permissible shareholder proposals toward the beginning of the year. And toward the end, a White House executive ...

Opinion: Critics of a new Texas proxy adviser law have argued that the statute is unconstitutional because it regulates ...

President Trump has signed an executive order directing federal regulators to increase scrutiny of proxy advisory firms, arguing that their growing influence over shareholder voting has shifted away ...

At Tesla’s recent annual meeting, shareholders approved an unusual compensation proposal for CEO Elon Musk – if achieved, he could be the world’s first trillionaire. The vote passed by a comfortable ...

ISS Governance has announced its Benchmark Policy Updates for its proxy voting guidelines applicable to stockholder meetings on or after February 1, 2026. As explained in this November Cooley client ...

JPMorgan's asset and wealth management division is ditching its long-held practice of using external proxy advisors for advice on shareholder voting decisions. The bank said it was "the first major ...

Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act requires a registered investment adviser with proxy voting authority to adopt policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that proxies are ...

In a break that shapes the architecture of shareholder power, JPMorgan Asset Management, which manages more than $7 trillion in client assets — severed all ties this week with proxy advisory giants ...

Regulators took on proxy voting in 2025, amid concerns that proxy advisors and large index investors are increasingly opposing management objectives. But our latest research on voting trends by the ...

Increased attention on proxy voting could represent a backdoor into ESG investing for retirement plan participants. With only 3% of 401(k) plans currently offering investments labeled as adhering to ...