Ifølge Minerva Analytics har Texas’ justitsminister Ken Paxton åbnet en undersøgelse af to større proxy-rådgivningsfirmaer, som han anklager for at udstede stemmerådgivning, der fremmer radikale politiske dagsordener frem for finansielle principper.
Undersøgelsen er en del af en bredere indsats i Texas, især gennem lovforslag SB 2337, der søger at regulere proxy-rådgivere og begrænse aktionærers indflydelse.
Ken Paxton: “Proxy advisors play a massive role in shaping corporate governance decisions in our country, affecting tens of billions of dollars. My office has zero tolerance for these woke corporations smuggling radical, liberal ideology into the companies they advise and into the entirety of America’s financial system.”
Sarah Wilson, CEO i Minerva Analytics ser helt anderledes på sagen: “This is not just a dispute about two firms. SB 2337 strikes at all independent research providers and at the investor choice that underpins fiduciary duty. (…) Placing political conditions on how research is produced or accessed is an attack on the freedom of expression in financial analysis and risks fragmenting oversight of US markets.”
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