Governance Solutions
Analysis + Insight + Voting
SPOTLIGHT
Board Elections and Executive Compensation in the 2024 U.S. Proxy Season
Our agenda includes ISS and investor experts discussing perspectives on the global investment stewardship landscape.
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EXPLORE GOVERNANCE RESEARCH AND VOTING
ISS offers solutions that help investors make informed stewardship decisions.
Institutional Investors have long turned to ISS for governance solutions that support their unique products and viewpoints. ISS was founded in 1985 with the goal of supporting sound investment stewardship to help inform proxy voting among institutional investors. First-to-market with proxy voting services in 1992, today ISS is a global leader in providing high-quality research, objective vote recommendations, and end-to-end voting platforms that empower investors to achieve their capital stewardship objectives.
ProxyExchange
The platform offers an intuitive and guided experience to vote proxies quickly and easily, and in the most secure environment in the industry.
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Benchmark Research
A comprehensive choice of policy and vote recommendations, with vast local market coverage.
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Custom Research (inclusive of ISS Nordic Investor Services)
Policy management and implementation of voting guidelines that address unique governance philosophies.
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Specialty Research
Voting policies and meeting recommendations to meet unique and topical needs of investors.
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Special Situations Research
Comprehensive, independent research on high-profile M&A and contested meetings from a shareholder value lens.
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VOTE DISCLOSURE SERVICES
Vote Disclosure Website
Making stewardship narrative accessible to clients and stakeholders.
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Form N-PX Reporting Vote Disclosure Solution
ISS provides a turnkey, outsourced reporting preparation solution to help investors comply with SEC rules for Form N-PX disclosure of proxy voting records.
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Vote Preference
Flexible solutions for asset managers to offer voting options to their clients.
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ENGAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
Engagement Suite
End-to-end tracking to efficiently manage engagement activities across portfolio companies.
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Engagement Letter Writing
Identify companies, automate drafting of tailored letter communication and manage engagements year-round.
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ISS Communicator
Enabling dialogue and connecting governance professionals with internal stakeholders to support collaboration.
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API Solutions
Integrating voting data, research and reports into client internal systems to efficiently support stewardship activities.
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GLOBAL PROXY DISTRIBUTION
Premium and Flexible Proxy Distribution Solutions
Our services leverage our deep corporate governance track record, global scale and presence, state-of-the-art data architecture, and flexible approach to help our clients build innovative and relevant client solutions.
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WHY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS PARTNER WITH ISS
Trusted experience and leadership with 35 years of offering global governance solutions that help empower investors to achieve their stewardship goals.
Global coverage and insight delivered by experienced governance analysts based in local markets.
Flexible policy options help to support client governance philosophies and allow investors to use their voice through voting.
Dedicated client service from knowledgeable, skilled professionals who understand client governance and workflow requirements.
Ongoing investment in innovation leveraging technology to scale with changing and increasingly complex investor demands.
Data security is paramount and client data is managed in a rigorously controlled environment covered by ISS’ annual SSAE 18.
Unparalleled Choice Of Policy And Research Solutions With Unsurpassed Local Market Coverage
COVERAGE
2,000
Companies
100+
Markets
74,500
Meetings Voted
4,200
Institutional Clients
14+M
Ballots Executed
440K
Agenda Items
7
Thematic Policies
380
Custom Policies
15
Research Centers
