Fund Governance
Fund Governance
Summary of Recent ICI Research on First-Mover Advantage, Dilution, and Systemic Risk in Open-End Funds (pdf)
Proxy Voting by Registered Investment Companies, 2017 (pdf)
Report on Funds’ Use of Proxy Advisory Firms (pdf)
Trends in Proxy Voting by Registered Investment Companies, 2007-2009 (pdf)
Proxy Voting by Registered Investment Companies: Promoting the Interests of Fund Shareholders (pdf)
Oversight of Fund Proxy Voting (pdf)
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Summary Prospectus Proposal (pdf)
A Review of the SEC Office of Economic Analysis Board Independence Studies (pdf)
Costs of Eliminating Discretionary Broker Voting on Uncontested Elections of Investment Company Directors (pdf)
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