Deutsche Bank launches digital proxy voting
By Hannah McGrath
Deutsche Bank has launched digital proxy voting through Proxymity’s digital investor communications platform.
The German investment bank’s implementation of Proxymity, will enable electronic proxy voting solution for issuers, intermediaries and institutional investors and provides post-meeting vote confirmation for shareholder meetings.
The bank first invested in Proxymity’s platform in 2020. The platform is expected to facilitate better informed environmental, social and governance (ESG) decisions and offer clients greater speed of vote execution as AGM season gets underway, Deutschebank said.
Proximity’s platform enables compliance with regulations such as the Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II), which is advocating message standardisation in shareholder voting, using industry standard digital formats (ISO 20022).
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Deutsche Bank goes live with Proxymity digital proxy voting 10 May 2021
Source: Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank announced today that its connection with Proxymity, the digital investor communications platform it invested in in 2020, is now live and servicing clients. Proxymity s electronic proxy voting solution for issuers, intermediaries and institutional investors provides post-meeting vote confirmation. For strict compliance with regulations such as the Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II), which is advocating message standardisation in shareholder voting, Proxymity’s solutions use industry standard digital formats (ISO 20022).
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