Proxy advisory firms

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Name (Latin)
Proxy advisory firms
Other forms of name
Agencies, Proxy voting
Proxy advisers
Proxy advisors
Proxy firms
Proxy voting agencies
Shareholder voting research providers
Vote service providers
See Also From tracing topical name
Investment advisors
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q2826636
Library of congress: sh2016002372
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2016, 2016:p. 1 (the bill H.R. 5311 to improve the quality of proxy advisory firms for the protection of investors and the U.S. economy; the term 'proxy advisory firm' means any person who is engaged in the business of providing proxy voting research, analysis, or recommendations to clients)
  • Wikipedia, Dec. 19, 2016:proxy firm (also called a proxy advisor, proxy adviser, proxy voting agency, vote service provider or shareholder voting research provider; provides services to shareholders (in most cases an institutional investor of some type) to research and provide analysis proposals being put up for a vote by shareholders using the principles of good corporate governance)
  • Center on Executive Compensation web site, Dec. 19, 2016:proxy advisory firms (provide institutional investors with research, data, and recommendations on management and shareholder proxy proposals that are voted on at a company's annual meeting)