Proxy Research & Voting

ISS proxy research and voting solutions are designed for maximum flexibility and offer clients a range of research and policy options, sophisticated automation and workflow tools, together with expert service - all delivered on our state-of-the-art ProxyExchange platform.

Proxy Advisory Services

For 25 years, ISS has been the leading provider of proxy research to institutional investors.

We cover more than 40,000 meetings - every holding within our clients' portfolios - in over 100 developed and emerging markets worldwide.

Proxy Voting Services

Flexible proxy voting solutions that allow clients to control their voting policy and final vote decisions while outsourcing the processing and management parts of the process to a reliable partner.

Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in proxy voting, ISS ProxyExchange delivers transparency and ease of use at a time when proxy voting is more important than ever. Leveraging an all-new new technology infrastructure, ProxyExchange enables efficient and informed proxy voting for institutional investors.

Why Choose ISS?

ISS offers a combination of governance expertise, global scale and client service that other proxy advisory firms cannot match.

New from ISS

Institutional Shareholder Services Names New Head of Research for Australia and New Zealand

Rockville, MD; Sydney, Australia; May 30, 2013 – Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance solutions to the global financial community, today announced that Dr. Ulysses Chioatto has joined the firm as Executive Director and Head of Research for Australia and New Zealand.

Institutional Shareholder Services to Open its Platform to Select Research and Data Providers

Rockville, MD; April 18, 2013 – Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance solutions to the global financial community, today announced that it opened its ProxyExchange™ platform to third party research and data providers in an effort to offer institutional clients a single gateway to access multiple sources of governance research and information.

ISS Response to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Guidelines for Proxy Advisory Firms

Rockville, MD; March 21, 2013 – As a firm committed to helping institutional investors exercise their fiduciary duties, ISS could not disagree more with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s assertions that the corporate governance system is broken.

ISS Comments on ESMA Principles for Proxy Advisors

Rockville, MD; March 18, 2013 – ISS Comments on Principles Regarding the Proxy Advisory Industry Derived from ESMA's Analysis.

Institutional Shareholder Services Launches ISS Governance QuickScore™

Rockville, MD; February 25, 2013 – Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance solutions to the global financial community, has launched ISS Governance QuickScore™, a new quantitatively-based scoring and screening solution designed to help institutional investors identify and manage governance risk in companies held in their investment portfolios.

2013 Proxy Season Preview: Environmental and Social Issues

Submitted by root on Fri, 2013-03-15 17:36

For the second year, political issues have surpassed environmental concerns as the top environmental and social (E&S) subject that shareholders will be asked to vote on at annual meetings during the spring proxy season, but both areas contain substantial numbers of resolutions.

Institutional Shareholder Services Offers Meeting Results Service

Rockville, MD; February 6, 2013 – Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance solutions to the global financial community, has launched a new, comprehensive Meeting Results Service, covering global meetings from January 1, 2013 forward.

2012 Post Season Report: World Markets

Submitted by root on Tue, 2013-03-05 19:04

The 2012 Proxy Season Review of World Markets contains a compilation of our 2012 Post Season Reports by market.