Published by Barron’s. By Avi Salzman Nov. 15, 2017 5:57 p.m. ET Vanguard held a shareholder meeting on Wednesday for the first time in nine years, mostly to approve changes to investment policies and appoint directors. And then there was the genocide issue. A group of shareholders called Investors Against Genocide submitted a proposal asking Vanguard […]
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Vanguard urges vote against genocide-free investing
Published by Financial Planning. Money Management Executive By Yueqi Yang Published November 13 2017, 10:57am EST Our weekly roundup of industry highlights Vanguard urges vote against genocide-free investing Vanguard is asking shareholders to vote Wednesday against a halt to backing companies that contribute to genocide, according to the ballot recommendation sent to […]
Eight years later, Vanguard shareholders vote again on genocide-free investing
Boston, MA – November 7, 2017 – While news of the 14 year-old genocide in Darfur, Sudan, is rarely in the news anymore, current headlines focus on Syria and Burma, where brutal regimes, like the Sudanese regime, are also committing crimes against humanity. On November 15, as part of a […]
Shareholder Proposals Target Genocide
Published by Agenda Week, a Financial Times service. Article published on November 3, 2017 By Tony Chapelle A small investor group has been pressing mutual funds, and their public parent companies, in some cases, to ban investments in companies that are tied to ongoing human rights violations. This week, shareholders in […]
Investors in US being asked to give fund managers green light to invest in companies that ‘contribute to genocide’
Published by The Daily Mail. By Leah Milner For The Daily Mail PUBLISHED: 17:14 EST, 26 October 2017 | UPDATED: 17:14 EST, 26 October 2017 Investors in the US have been asked to give fund managers the green light to invest in companies that ‘contribute to genocide’. Vanguard, which manages £3.6 trillion for savers, sells […]
Vanguard, genocide, and the $18 million campaign to get you to vote
Published by Yahoo Finance. Ethan Wolff-Mann Writer Yahoo Finance October 18, 2017 On Nov. 15, Vanguard will hold an enormous shareholder meeting and proxy vote for the first time in almost a decade. If you’re a customer of the world’s largest mutual fund company, you’re also a shareholder, which is why you’ve […]
Franklin Templeton proxy voting
Proxy voting in 2019 at Franklin Resources 9.1% of shareholders’ votes at Franklin Resources (9.9% of the yes and no votes) were in favor of the genocide-free investing proposal at the annual meeting on February 12, 2019. Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) is the parent company of Franklin Templeton mutual funds. Read […]
