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Jun 10

SRD II After 9 Months: Navigating the Shareholder Disclosure Landscape

In 2020, the Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) was introduced across European Union member states. While implementation has presented challenges, the benefits for issuers, intermediaries and shareholders have already been apparent through the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) season. Shareholder participation has become a hot topic in recent... read more →

May 10

Deutsche Bank goes live with Proxymity digital proxy voting

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... read more →

May 07

Proximus 2021 AGM: A Case Study

On April 21st, Proximus, Belgium’s leading mobile telecommunications company welcomed attendees from all over the world to their virtual 2021 Annual General Meeting, via the new LumiAGM platform. LumiAGM launched in Belgium earlier this year, extending the market leading Lumi platform beyond the live meeting to streamline the end-to-end AGM... read more →

May 06

Proxymity and SLIB partner to deliver first overseas connection to Votaccess in France

LONDON, May 6, 2021 (Newswire.com) - Proxymity, the leading digital investor communications platform backed by the world's largest global custodians, and SLIB, the leading-edge software vendor in electronic voting and security services in France, announce their partnership and the connection between proxy voting solution, Proxymity PV, and SLIB's market-leading Votaccess... read more →

Apr 26

Proxymity Delivers Digital Proxy Services in Ten Markets With Citi

LONDON, April 26, 2021 (Newswire.com) - Proxymity announced today that its connection with Citi to provide proxy voting services to institutional clients in ten markets: United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Austria, Spain, France, Portugal, and Australia, is now live. Proxymity was spun out of Citi's Securities Services business last year,... read more →

Apr 23

A New Era for Proxy Voting in Ireland

Voting has been a hot topic of conversation for many of us in recent times. As industry figures in Ireland gathered for a webinar to highlight proxy voting changes, the winner of the US election was still unclear - with contentious mud-slinging and claims of voter rigging being the order... read more →

Mar 22

Irish Market CSD Transition Brings Upside in Real-Time Proxy Voting With Proxymity

LONDON, UK - Brexit's impact on Ireland has triggered a migration of the Irish securities settlement system from Euroclear UK and Ireland's CREST to Euroclear Bank. Under this new regime, there will be an increased level of intermediation, leading to reduced transparency and the potential to create delays in communications... read more →

Sep 02

Proxymity ID shareholder disclosure solution launches ahead of SRD II implementation deadline

• Digital platform enables end-to-end compliance with new EU regulation • Eases the compliance burden for CSDs, brokers, custodians and other intermediaries • State Street (NYSE: STT) and Citi (NYSE: CITI) have already signed on as customers London, UK (September 1, 2020) – Proxymity, the digital investor communications platform announced... read more →

Jun 04

Proxymity Joins the 4th Cohort of Allen and Overy’s Tech Innovation Space – Fuse

Proxymity is proud to announce that it has joined Cohort 4 of Fuse. Fuse is the tech innovation space for Magic circle law firm Allen & Overy, which has invited FinTech companies to be part of the cohort for the first time after has primarily focused on LegalTech developments. Cohort... read more →

May 05

Proxymity launches consortium of financial industry leaders and raises $20.5 million in strategic round to become its own entity

Proxymity welcomes eight investors, including BNY Mellon, Citi, Clearstream, Computershare, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, and State Street. Proxymity, developed by Citi, to become an independent entity based in London. Proxymity to leverage new capital to scale the platform and team, build out its investor communications platform, and expand its... read more →

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