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Why shareholders' votes matter

Investors Chronicle, 2020-01, p.32

Copyright The Financial Times Limited Jan 31, 2020 ;ISSN: 0261-3115

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  • Title:
    Why shareholders' votes matter
  • Author: McDougall, Mary
  • Subjects: Annual reports ; Corporate governance ; Customer services ; Institutional investments ; Nominations ; Portfolio management ; Professionals ; Shareholder voting ; Stockholders ; Trusts
  • Is Part Of: Investors Chronicle, 2020-01, p.32
  • Description: While it may not seem a pertinent portfolio management decision, dwindling turnout is causing alarm among investment trust managers and corporate governance experts alike. For over two decades the company has issued new shares regularly under its discount/premium control policy, to prevent the share price diverging from the company's net asset value (NAV). [...]one quarter of FTSE 100 shares are held by UK-based private investors, rising to 35 per cent for stocks listed on Aim, according to research firm Hardman & Co. "Individual shareholders can greatly assist in corporate governance, effective company engagement and holding directors to account," says Mr Weight. Mr Angus also points out that institutional investors can be influenced by voting advisory services such as the Institutional Shareholder Services Group (ISS).
  • Publisher: London: The Financial Times Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0261-3115
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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