IR Impact sits down with the family shop wielding outsized influence with its ESG-skeptic voting policies
Bowyer Research first came to the attention of IR Impact – and many on the mainstream governance scene – when the firm’s ESG-skeptic voting policies were picked up by ISS. Today, those policies are available through all the major proxy voting advisory firms and Bowyer Research, which is essentially a mom-and-pop (plus kids) shop run out of Pennsylvania, advises many millions of dollars, including the $57 bn Texas Permanent School Fund.
Jerry Bowyer, co-founded Bowyer Research with Susan, his wife of 31 years, , feels the right is playing catch up when it comes to equities and proxy voting – a sentiment shared by Robert Eccles, the ex-hippy that has found common ground with the so-called eco-right. The Bowyer family are now on a mission to get the right to move away from divestment and into engagement and the power of proxy voting.
Here, Bowyer tells IR Impact about how the family got into the voting scene, shares insights into some of the trends worrying him on the fringe Christian right and talks about themes like debanking, an issue thrust back into the spotlight in recent weeks with US President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against JPMorgan and its CEO Jamie Dimon.
Enjoy access to this and more – for free!
Log in or create your free My IR – Essentials account to:
- Get access to 3 free IR deep dives
- More than 100 pieces of insight, plus our exclusive CFO interviews
- Save favorites and get personalized content on your dashboard
- Enjoy 10% off all IR forums
