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BlackRock Expands Voting Choice to More Clients

Written by Shanny Basar | Jun 13, 2022 4:13:02 PM

Clients representing nearly half (47%) of index equity assets globally are now eligible for BlackRock Voting Choice

Clients representing 25% ($530 billion) of eligible index equity assets ($2.3 trillion) have elected to participate in BlackRock Voting Choice

Firm extends the range of institutional pooled funds offering BlackRock Voting Choice – now offered to more funds in the U.K., and in Canada and Ireland for the first time

Firm working on ‘proof of concept’ for individual investors in U.K. to participate in BlackRock Voting Choice

 

In response to growing client interest, BlackRock announces that it is further expanding the opportunity for eligible clients – including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds – to participate in proxy voting decisions, where legally and operationally viable.