BlackRock casts votes on tens of thousands of proxy proposals a year. The responsibility rests with a team of about 70.
Millions of people are invested in the stock market through BlackRock’s index-tracking funds. As these passive investments have grown in popularity, so have the firm’s stakes in 13,000 companies world-wide. And so has the clout of BlackRock’s investment stewardship team.
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