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Two of America’s largest banks—Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase—are quietly making one of the biggest governance pivots in years: bringing proxy voting back in‑house. Wells Fargo has cut ties with ISS and built an internal proxy‑voting service, and JPMorgan is centralizing voting decisions under custom, internally controlled frameworks instead of relying on advisory templates. For […]
State Fiduciaries, Check Your Proxy Votes: Did your state’s pension fund or endowment vote with Visa’s management — alongside 92% of shareholders — on a recent controversial proposal? If you’re not sure, it’s time to find out. This past proxy season, Oklahoma’s Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), led by State Treasurer Todd Russ, filed a shareholder resolution at Visa. […]
On December 11th, President Trump signed an executive order that could mark one of the most significant shifts in corporate governance in decades. For years, proxy advisory firms—Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Glass Lewis, and the smaller Egan-Jones—have played a central role in shaping how shareholders vote. Historically, these firms leaned heavily toward supporting environmental, social, […]
Forget the Activists, One Trillion Dollars for Elon and Seven Trillion for Shareholders is a Good Deal At Tesla’s 2025 Annual Meeting this week, shareholders will decide whether to approve a performance-based compensation plan for Elon Musk. The plan is simple: Musk earns nothing unless Tesla achieves extraordinary results, including increasing its market capitalization from […]
In a political climate where many conservative leaders admirably speak out against corporate activism, Oklahoma State Treasurer Todd Russ is going beyond communications about the companies in the portfolios he has responsibility for—he is using direct actions. As chairman of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), Russ has become the first red-state financial officer to use the shareholder […]
In Episode 107 of the Meeting of Minds podcast, former Nebraska State Treasurer John Murante delivers a clear and urgent warning: ESG investing is no longer just about energy—it’s about food. And unless agricultural states take action, they may find their own public funds being used to undermine the industries that sustain them. 🎧 Listen to the full episode here: […]
Recently, President Donald J. Trump signed a sweeping executive order titled Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans—a direct response to the growing crisis of politicized financial discrimination. The order prohibits federal regulators from promoting policies that allow banks to deny services based on political or religious beliefs, and it instructs agencies like the Small Business Administration […]
