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Fiduciaries of ERISA employee benefit plans must manage plan assets that involve securities (which can be in the form of corporate stock or mutual funds) and may be required to make and monitor decisions about voting proxies and exercising shareholder rights with respect to such securities. Proxy voting is important, as investors generally control the makeup of the board, the compensation of executives, general compensation policies, capital structure, and more. It also can implicate social and corporate responsibility issues, including factors that consider environmental footprint, social goals, or corporate governance. ERISA plan fiduciaries who have the authority to vote proxies or exercise shareholder rights for an ERISA plan must do so in a manner that complies with ERISA's fiduciary duties. Learn more about the topic with this practice note.
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