On September 15, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a no-action letter approving a first-of-its-kind automatic voting program proposed by Exxon Mobil Corporation (“Exxon”).

Vanguard will expand its program allowing investors to choose individualized investment and engagement policies to four more funds in the second half of 2025, the company announced last week. The ...

Vanguard Group is expanding its proxy voting program — designed to give shareholders a greater say on corporate resolutions at portfolio companies — to add the investment giant’s oldest index fund.

Schwab Asset Management, the asset management arm of The Charles Schwab Corp., today announced the launch of a pilot program to poll shareholders on key proxy issues. The new shareholder engagement ...

About 40,000 individual investors in Vanguard Group’s index-tracking funds participated in a pilot program that allowed them to make their viewpoints known on important issues facing shareholders.