Proxy Voting Content

per16-01.pdf

Funds Address Changing Mix of Proxy Proposals During Crisis ICI Study Examines 10 Million Fund Proxy Votes from 2007 to 2009 Washington, DC, November 11, 2010 - The 2007–2009 financial crisis altered the mix of proxy proposals that funds must vote on, according to a comprehensive new...

New ICI research on trends in proxy voting by mutual funds finds that the 2007–2009 financial crisis altered the mix of proxy proposals funds voted on. Our economists’ examined more than 10 million fund votes cast during this period. 

October 20, 2010 Via e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov Elizabeth M. Murphy Secretary U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549-1090 Re: Concept Release on the U.S. Proxy System (File No. S7-14-10) Dear Ms. Murphy: The Investment Company Institute1...

idc_10_subadvisers.pdf

August 17, 2009 Ms. Elizabeth Murphy Secretary U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549-1090 Re: Facilitating Shareholder Director Nominations (File No. S7-10-09) Dear Ms. Murphy: The Investment Company Institute1 appreciates the opportunity to...

per14-01.pdf

ppr_08_proxy_voting.pdf

In the Shareholders’ Interest: Funds and Proxy Voting Remarks of Paul Schott Stevens President & CEO Investment Company Institute At the American Enterprise Institute Forum: How Do Mutual Funds Vote Their Proxies? July 10, 2008 Washington, DC Thank you, Peter [Wallison], and many...

ICI Endorses Broader Shareholder Access to Proxy Changes Will Benefit Long-Term, Committed Investors, Mutual Fund Group Says Washington, DC, September 27, 2007 -  Mutual funds and their shareholders can benefit from a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to grant long-term...