Category Archives: Press

U.S. SEC nudges Franklin Resources toward vote on Sudan holdings

Published by Reuters. BY ROSS KERBER BOSTON Thu Jan 9, 2014 6:11pm EST Jan 9 (Reuters) – U.S. regulators rejected a request by investment firm Franklin Resources Inc to skip a shareholder vote pressuring it to sell off holdings in companies linked to Sudan, whose president faces international war crimes charges. […]

Shareholders to ING: stop investing in genocidal Sudan

Published by The Guardian. Marc Gunther theguardian.com, Tuesday 20 August 2013 14.00 EDT Despite a proxy vote, ING mutual fund hasn’t sold its holdings in companies involved in Sudan, writes Marc Gunther Investors of an ING-managed mutual fund have asked the firm to withdraw its holdings in companies that do […]

Institutional Investors Ask ING U.S. to Heed Results of Anti-genocide Proxy Vote

Serious concerns about ING disregarding the vote and taking no action Boston, MA – August 7, 2013 – On the day that ING U.S. releases its quarterly earnings report, a diverse coalition of institutional investors and corporate governance advocates are calling on the company to reconsider a recent decision to […]

ING letter

ING response to shareholders 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 and affirms […]

Genocide-Free Shareowner Proposal Gains Strong Support at Fidelity Investments

Published by Social Funds. by Robert Kropp Investors Against Genocide continues its campaign to pressure mutual funds and other financial institutions into adopting genocide-free investment policies. SocialFunds.com — Shareowners of six of the mutual funds of Fidelity Investments voted their proxies this week, and for the third time since 2008 […]

Millions of Fidelity Customers Continue to Vote in Support of Genocide-free Investing

Although “repulsed” by genocide, after 5 years of votes Fidelity still invests in companies tied to genocide Boston, MA – June 18, 2013 – Today, six mutual funds recorded votes at Fidelity’s shareholder meeting on a proposal to avoid investments in companies that “substantially contribute to genocide.” These funds bring […]

Fidelity proxy voting

Proxy voting in 2020 Votes on genocide-free investing were recorded for 21 Fidelity funds in 2020, with the first filings with the SEC showing favorable votes of 28.3% to 37.0% (32.2% to 42.8% of the yes/no votes). Voting results are still being filed with the SEC. Read Eric Cohen’s presentation of […]

Dimon’s victory may be taxpayers’ regret

Published by Fortune. By Eleanor Bloxham May 22, 2013 FORTUNE — The very people who should care most about J.P. Morgan’s shareholder votes on Tuesday may be people who don’t own a single share of the bank’s stock. They are the people who saw their savings wiped out by the derivatives […]