The proxy vote
A shareholder’s vote records its position on a specific resolution, once a year, at the company’s annual meeting. It tells a board little about which shareholders feel strongly enough to act on a concern, or why.
Positioning Stewardship at the Center of Investment Decision-Making
One New York is a not-for-profit, practitioner-led membership organization that unites institutional investors in US equities, giving them a coordinated voice to raise governance concerns with company boards and see them through to a resolution.
Learn About MembershipTwo Routes to a Hearing
Going public
A public campaign can force a company to respond. It can also damage the relationship the campaign was meant to repair, and it pushes the company to answer pressure instead of the substance underneath it.
A third route
We give institutional investors a structured alternative to voting alone or campaigning publicly: a concern can move from a private worry to a coordinated conversation with the board, tested and backed by fellow shareholders first.
How It Works
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A concern is raised
A member institution brings us a concern about a US-listed company they hold.
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The concern is tested
We assess it against a fixed bar: is there a genuine issue that will still matter years from now, and is a constructive outcome realistic. Concerns that meet both stay in; the rest stop here.
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Support is secured
If the concern clears that bar, we approach fellow shareholders to gauge and secure support before anything reaches the company.
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Dialogue opens
The board hears one coordinated position instead of scattered, individual complaints. Members keep their own votes and their own direct relationship with the company throughout.
Membership Benefits
Read How the Process Works in FullReach
Concerns that individual investors have carried for years on their own reach a team whose only mandate is to secure a hearing for them.
Durability
Every engagement we accept is measured against a multi-year standard. We take on issues that will still matter in five years.
Accountability
We report on what changed once an engagement closes. That record is what membership buys.
Where the Work Shows Up
- 01 Board composition
- 02 Capital allocation strategy
- 03 Executive compensation structure
- 04 Disclosure and governance practice
One New York Roundtable
What it is
The One New York Roundtable is an invitation-only capital introduction event. Investors and allocators travel from around the world for a day of private meetings and structured networking.
Why it matters to our mission
The relationships formed here inform engagement priorities and allocation decisions long after the day ends.
Get Involved
If you’re an institutional investor
If your firm holds US equities and has a concern still open after individual engagement, membership gives it a structured path forward.
Learn About MembershipIf you’re an investor or allocator
Requests to attend the Roundtable are reviewed on a rolling basis ahead of each annual event.
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