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Minerva: Global ESG Data | VoteTech | Expert Support

Welcome to Minerva, the new name for Manifest, Europe’s independent proxy voting agency.

Minerva empowers professional investors with the essential tools and critical data to make informed, sustainable stewardship and proxy voting decisions. Our comprehensive suite of tightly-integrated services supports better stewardship with high quality and material ESG data; independent and objective research; the latest technology; and secure, confidential vote administration.

Minerva offers investment fiduciaries an agile and response service which combines highly-customizable ESG and voting solutions to ensure a modern and compliant stewardship strategy:

Objective, independent research to identify key sustainability governance risks and opportunities

Tailored sustainability ratings to measure and manage portfolio risks

Advanced, scaleable VoteTech to protect shareholder rights, boost operational efficiency and stay compliant

Integrated and professional engagement by experienced investment experts

TCFD, Climate Change, ESG and Sustainability Voting

Minerva gives investors a “Say on Sustainability” with a range of integrated stewardship tools including proxy research, custom proxy voting guidelines and sustainability governance ratings, including:

TCFD and Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) alignment
Timely data on GHG emissions, reduction targets and KPIs
Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) integration
Minerva is an accredited supporter of the TPI and TCFD.

Better Data, Better Stewardship

Minerva’s clients can depend on us to inform and support their stewardship strategies with high quality, relevant sustainability governance data. When your are looking for a stewardship partner who can support your individual needs with the highest levels of customization, we know that Minerva adds value.

Proxy Voting - Easy Switching

The UK’s FCA has recently identified significant concerns about competition in the funds administration sector. Barriers to switching are seen as a major problem leading to increased risk and poor outcomes. The good news is that Minerva’s modern systems are resilient, secure and confidential and designed to make proxy voting easy. On-boarding is easy too – you can even transfer all your voting histories at no cost for ease of continuity.

Custom Vote Policy

Adaptable, defensible, and evidence-based global voting policies based on good practices from leading regulators, academics and investors. Local market standards can be blended with supra-nation policies including OECD, CII and ICGN. All voting policies are custom as standard with highly granular policy points that are flexibly applied.

Global Proxy Research

Global shareholder voting research and data based on consistent, comparable, and in-depth analysis. Integrated Remuneration and Sustainability modules allow you to vote your values with ease. All guidance is fully transparent with comprehensive audit trails.

Proxy Vote Agency

Let our expert vote agency team takes care of the minutiae of proxy vote management and leave you free to concentrate on value-added engagement.

Minerva’s team are the pioneers of electronic voting and are fully ready for the Shareholder Rights Directive II

Trusted insights from the independent governance data source

CEO Pay Ratios

20% Vote Dissent

20 Years of CEO Pay

Global Governance News from the Minerva Blog

US regulators seek to untangle ESG duty as UK pushes ahead

Pension fund investors in the United States may need to prove allocations made under their environmental, social and governance policies are primarily aiming for a financial return should proposed new rules be enacted. At the end of June, the Department of Labor (DoL) announced it was recommending the enactment of a rule that would provide […]

Senator presses SEC’s Clayton over “Main St” letters report

A US Senator has called on the head of the US financial regulator to provide an update on the status of its reports into “apparently fraudulent comment letters” that showed support for proposed new rules on proxy advice. In a letter addressed to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, Senator Chris Van Hollen […]

Novartis pays $347m to settle bribery claims

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, a current and former subsidiary, has agreed to pay a total of $346.7m to reach settlements with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following investigations into bribery schemes. The DOJ alleges Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas offered “inappropriate economic benefits” to the country’s healthcare professionals between […]

Minerva is now a Solactive company

In May 2019 Solactive AG took a strategic stake in Minerva. Solactive is an innovative index provider and financial data and technology provider that focuses on the development, calculation and distribution of tailor-made indices across all asset classes. As a Solactive company, Minerva operates from Frankfurt, Toronto and Hong Kong. Our ambition is to continue to expand our footprint in order to better serve our clients around the world.

Stay Informed with Minerva

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