Custodians and stewardship teams are both rethinking their global proxy providers. But in most firms, they’re doing so independently. The custody management team and the stewardship team often sit in different parts of the business, with different mandates and different vendor relationships. Yet their decisions are becoming increasingly intertwined. 

As innovation and competition reshape the proxy ecosystem, these two conversations can no longer happen in isolation.  

In this piece, co-authored with Tumelo, we explore how the market is evolving, why custody and stewardship decisions are becoming more closely connected, and what firms should consider when building a voting infrastructure fit for the future. 

Read the full article on Tumelo’s website.