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Panel: Governance by Index: Mutual Fund Involvement in Corporate Governance

Published: Jan. 24, 2020, 8:13 p.m.

b'On January 3-4, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its 22nd annual Faculty Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The second panel discussed "Governance by Index: Mutual Fund Involvement in Corporate Governance".
Mutual funds, particularly index funds, increasingly find themselves in a position to influence the governance of the companies in which they invest. Accordingly, campaigners of every sort—from hedge fund activists to advocates for environmental and social causes—now lobby mutual funds for voting support. But how should mutual funds wield their power in corporate governance?
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Featuring:

Sean J. Griffith, Fordham University School of Law
Ann M. Lipton, Tulane University Law School
Adriana Z. Robertson, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Moderator: Jeremy Kidd, Mercer University School of Law'