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Vanguard launches proxy voting choice pilot VALLEY FORGE, PA (February 1, 2023)—Vanguard today announced the launch of its proxy voting choice pilot for investors in three Vanguard equity index funds. ... The voluntary pilot will empower investors to make their voices heard by choosing from...

I'll just keep on sharing actual findings in contrary to others here. Also still hoping to hear about some specific funds one could resort to. The ESJ proxy vote ranking on WSJ 1 Dimensional, 9.5 2 Vanguard 9.2 3 T. Rowe Price 8.7 4 Fidelity 8.7 5 BlackRock 6.8

@lailah Would it be possible? And with automatic rebalancing?

@shellyslioneyes So when you buy an ETF, whether it has an ESG policy or not, the voting rights go to the asset managers. At the annual meetings they still use these votes to push for political agenda's, whether you invested in an ESG fund or not. They're technically behaving like activist...

@scottcuster Yes this is what I was referring to. Do you've more information on synthetics in this regard, there's no (in)direct voting rights associated with money invested in such vehicles? Thank you in advance

@aperson123 I seemed to have stepped on a lot of people's toes, but all I'm looking for are asset managers who stay neutral / clear of political matters as it practically always has been. This misuse of voting powers is a relatively new development as a result of ETF popularity in the hands of...

@walkbyfaithnotbysight You can freely choose funds with or without ESG policies. The problem I'm outlining is that the large asset managers use their votes at annual meetings to push for agenda's like ESG. Of every index fund you're buying the manager receives all the voting rights, regardless...

@clusium Based on the ESG proxy vote ranking by WSJ it seems Dimensional and Vanguard are the least worrisome. The main issue however is that they're using the voting power from index funds in the first place. I'm looking for asset managers who are boring and stay clear of politics, ie casting...

@resjudicata This use of voting rights is a new phenomenon due to the rise of ETF popularity and the funds ending up at a handful of asset managers who are now behaving like activist investors. I'm looking for the managers which don't make use of their voting power originating from index funds...

If you'd want to invest in a world index via ETF or fund but wouldn't want to park your money at asset managers using their voting power to push agenda's such as ESG/DEI/Woke/Genders/Rainbows/Unicorns/etc how would you go about it? "The three largest passive asset managers (Blackrock, State...