Monthly Archives: July 2012

ING mutual fund vote marks first win for rights activists

By Eric Cohen | Published: July 20, 2012

Published by Reuters. * Sudan-related shareholder measure gets 59 pct support * ING took no position on the resolution * Unusual circumstances show challenges for activists By Ross Kerber BOSTON, July 20 (Reuters) – A shareholder group scored its first voting victory after five years of urging mutual funds to […]

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Genocide-free investing wins vote at ING

By Eric Cohen | Published: July 20, 2012

Shareholders at the ING Emerging Countries Fund approved the genocide-free investing proposal by a wide margin in a vote on June 28, 2012. The proposal passed 59.8% to 10.7% with 29.5% abstaining. This decisive win at ING is a first for the genocide-free investing proposal.

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ING Fund Approves Anti-Genocide Plank

By Eric Cohen | Published: July 2, 2012

Published by Ignites. By Joe Morris July 2, 2012 Shareholders in an ING fund have approved a measure opposing genocide-linked investments in what backers say is the first such vote in which company officials took a neutral position. The decision at ING’s Emerging Countries reflects the unskewed sampling of investor sentiment […]

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