This page contains the latest statements and speeches from ICI and IDC on the issues around proxy voting.
Latest ICI Viewpoints
ICI Viewpoints
Proxy Proposals Worth Supporting
The SEC can save millions of dollars for registered fund shareholders, while maintaining investor...
ICI Viewpoints
Funds and Proxy Voting: Funds Vote Thoughtfully and Independently
During the 2017 proxy voting season, registered investment companies—including mutual funds...
ICI Viewpoints
Funds and Proxy Voting: Who Submits Shareholder Proposals?
Any registered fund that holds companies' stocks in its portfolio has a duty to consider proxy...
ICI Viewpoints
Proxy Proposals Worth Supporting
The SEC can save millions of dollars for registered fund shareholders, while maintaining investor...
Funds and Proxy Voting: Funds Vote Thoughtfully and Independently
During the 2017 proxy voting season, registered investment companies—including mutual funds...
Funds and Proxy Voting: Who Submits Shareholder Proposals?
Any registered fund that holds companies' stocks in its portfolio has a duty to consider proxy...
Funds and Proxy Voting: The Mix of Proposals Matters
Proxy voting is in the news and on the minds of policymakers, corporate executives, and investors...
Fund Shareholders Have to Receive Reports. They Don’t Have to Pay So Much for Them
ICI has filed a comment letter calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to overhaul...
SEC Should Reject Complex, Costly “Pass-Through” Proxy Voting
Policymakers and regulators at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have renewed their...
Fund Adviser Proxy Votes Align with Fund Interests
A key assertion in "Cracking the Proxy Racket" (The Wall Street Journal's Review & Outlook...
Check the Facts: Funds Engage Actively on Corporate Governance
ICI president and CEO Paul Schott Stevens recently sent the following letter to the New York Times...
ICI Research Shows How Funds Have Addressed Changing Mix of Proxy Proposals
New ICI research on trends in proxy voting by mutual funds finds that the 2007–2009 financial crisis...
Testimonies, Statements, Speeches, and Briefs
Testimony
ICI Testimony: Oversight of the Mutual Fund Industry: Ensuring Market Stability and Investor Confide...
Comment Letter
ICI/IDC File Amici Brief with DC Court of Appeals on Application of Proxy Access Rules to Investment...
Speech
In the Shareholders’ Interest: Funds and Proxy Voting
In the Shareholders’ Interest: Funds and Proxy Voting Remarks of Paul Schott Stevens President & CEO...
News Release
ICI Endorses Broader Shareholder Access to Proxy, September 2007
ICI Endorses Broader Shareholder Access to Proxy Changes Will Benefit Long-Term, Committed Investors...