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2023 Proxy Season Review: U.S. Director Elections & Governance
Below are key takeaways from ISS’ recently released 2023 Proxy Season Review – US Director Elections & Governance. The full report is available to institutional

Holiday Fund Fact Special
With the end of the year upon us, let us reflect on what has happened so far. Another year, another challenge. Although fund flows managed

ISS Governance Announces 2024 Benchmark Policy Updates
ROCKVILLE, Md. (December 19, 2023) – ISS Governance, a leading global provider of independent and objective shareholder meeting research and recommendations, multiple voting policy choices


Revisiting 2023 through 12 ISS ESG Thought Leadership Papers
ISS ESG Thought Leadership publications in 2023 covered a variety of ESG-related topics with significant relevance for investors. The selected publications highlighted below, which range


ISS ESG Quarterly Engagement Update – Q3 2023: Life on Land (SDG 15) on Top of Engagement Activity
Preamble ISS ESG’s Quarterly Engagement Update series highlights key trends that emerge through activities conducted on behalf of participating investors under its Collaborative Engagement Services.


What Falling MSoP Support Says About Investor Expectations
Below is an excerpt from ISS-Corporate’s recently released paper “What Falling MSoP Support Says About Investor Expectations”. The full paper is available for download from


Setting Standards in the Sustainable Bond Market: From Guidelines to Regulation, on the Shoulders of Giant Principles?
Introduction The sustainable bond market continues to be one of the main instruments to mobilize funds towards the achievement of environmental- and social-related investment objectives.


Majority of Advisors Shift to ETFs, ISS Market Intelligence Survey Research Finds
NEW YORK (December 11, 2023) – ISS Market Intelligence, a leading global provider of data, analytics, insights, media, and events solutions to the global financial


Run Fund Run! Launching Funds May be More of a Sprint than a Marathon
For newly launched investment funds, achieving scale is paramount to long-term success, as the benefits of scale can lead to additional sales momentum for a


Israeli Proxy Season Update
With the Israel-Gaza conflict in the backdrop, the 2023 Israeli proxy season scene is experiencing notable shifts. Typically, the Israeli voting season is less pronounced



ISS ESG Releases Latest Global Climate Change Update Report
NEW YORK (December 7, 2023) — ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, today released the latest report in its Thought Leadership Collection


The Governance of Geopolitical Risks
In recent years, companies have come under increased pressure from institutional investors and governance bodies on a number of key issues that can be generically

