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Giant Asset Managers, the Big Three, and Index Investing

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Adriana Z. Robertson

BlackRock’s Futile Gesture

On October 7, 2021, BlackRock announced that it will allow institutional clients to directly cast votes tied to their investments. Despite this effort to seemingly surrender influence, major asset managers...

2 November 2021

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The Emperor’s New Code? Time to Re-Evaluate the Nature of Stewardship Engagement Under the UK’s Stewardship Code

Since 2010, the UK’s Stewardship Code has encouraged institutional investors to proactively engage with the boards of the companies in which they are invested (issuers) to pre-emptively identify and resolve...

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Institutional Investor Collective Engagements: Non-Activist Cooperation vs Activist Wolf Packs

Shareholder cooperation as a tool for active corporate ownership, and a means by which to effectively voice concerns about corporate governance and performance, is on the rise. While wolf packs formed...

13 December 2019

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Giovanni Strampelli

Are Passive Index Funds Active Owners? Corporate Governance Consequences of Passive Investing

The popularity of index funds, which automatically track an index of stocks, is continuing to grow in the U.S, and, albeit less intensely, in the EU. Due to the high...

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Giovanni Strampelli

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