This page contains the latest statements from ICI and IDC on proxy voting.
Latest ICI Viewpoints
ICI Viewpoints
Proxy Advisory Firms—Killing Closed-End Funds Softly with Their Policies
October 25, 2023—Closed-end funds (CEFs) trying to fend off hostile hedge funds and other activist...
ICI Viewpoints
Shareholder Activism Threatens Closed-End Funds and Their Investors
Over the past 80 years, closed-end funds (CEFs) have helped millions of Americans achieve their long...
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
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...
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...