Victor Li, our EVP of Governance Advisory, recently joined Rahul K. Bhardwaj, President and CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), on the "Be It Resolved" podcast. They sat down to discuss a major move by J.P. Morgan: their decision to step away from traditional proxy advisory firms in favor of their own AI platform.
How do corporate directors navigate this new era of oversight? Are ISS and Glass Lewis the next victims of AI? Victor draws on more than twenty years of experience at both Kingsdale and ISS to break down what this shift actually means for the industry.
This is a significant change in how voting is handled, moving away from outside recommendations toward in-house, tech-driven stewardship. As other large asset managers watch from the sidelines, it raises a big question: does AI-driven voting actually make things more transparent, or does it just make it harder for boards to know how their investors are thinking?
The conversation pulls back the curtain on some really interesting insights.
