Spotlight Bias Report:
Asset Managers

ASSET MANAGERS

This table shows asset manager support for ESG proposals in 2023 for firms managing investments for state retirement funds. The first 13 categories are summarized as “Pro-ESG” and the last 4 categories are summarized as “Anti-ESG” votes. Assets under management (AUM) is updated through December 31, 2023 or the latest available data.

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Name AUM (Billions)Pro-esg AvgAnti-esgAnti-fossil FuelsAnti-Pollution/WasteAnimal RightsDEIWeapons/DefenseHuman RightsIncome EqualityPolitical Activities/FundingHealth CareRacegender Targets On BoardsNon-pecuniary Corporate PurposeEsg-focused GovernanceAbortionPro-fossil FuelEqualityControversial Cause SupportGeopolitical Rivals/China
ACM Funds 30%0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A0%0%0%0%N/AN/A0%0%N/A0%N/A0%
Adams Funds 3.30%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
AGF Investments America Inc 40.3100%0%N/AN/AN/A100%N/AN/AN/A100%N/AN/AN/A100%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Allianz Global Investors 234010%0%11%14%7%11%9%12%18%10%4%0%3%0%4%0%0%0%0%
Allspring 58042%1%37%47%12%30%3%58%81%60%31%100%0%23%17%0%1%1%1%
Ancora 8.836%0%18%N/A100%0%0%20%100%75%40%N/A0%0%N/A0%0%0%0%
Apollo Funds 75.9100%0%100%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
AQR Capital Management, LLC 9982%2%78%71%36%94%96%89%82%87%80%100%97%69%81%0%3%0%3%
Ariel Investments, LLC 14.921%0%36%N/A0%20%0%33%0%0%27%N/A0%N/AN/AN/A0%0%0%
Aristotle Capital Management 49.429%8%26%33%33%15%0%64%50%40%0%0%20%0%0%0%0%20%17%
Ark Investments 9.318%0%0%0%0%25%50%33%0%0%0%N/A50%0%0%0%0%N/A0%
Artisan Partners 150.917%5%14%50%33%7%0%23%21%38%15%N/A0%0%10%0%9%0%0%
Baillie Gifford 287.629%0%8%67%0%20%0%42%50%29%29%N/A0%0%0%N/A0%N/A0%
Baird 325.156%0%33%100%0%33%0%77%75%100%0%N/A0%0%0%N/A0%0%N/A
Baron Global Advantage 43.142%0%65%100%0%20%0%56%47%54%11%100%0%33%0%N/A0%0%0%
Berkshire 20.2252%0%0%0%0%0%0%7%0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%
BlackRock 10008.9957%2%13%8%1%7%11%7%8%7%1%2%1%2%1%2%2%1%2%
Blackstone 100084%6%81%100%20%82%100%93%86%88%92%N/A75%67%100%N/A0%0%20%
Blue Chip 1.0520%0%0%N/AN/A0%N/A0%N/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BNY Mellon Funds 200021%0%19%27%6%21%4%28%20%33%15%19%1%1%20%1%0%0%1%
Boston Partners 9428%0%10%0%67%38%13%50%10%54%63%100%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Brandes Investment Partners 21.735%0%0%N/A0%0%N/A50%N/A100%0%N/AN/A100%100%N/A0%0%N/A
Brookfield Asset Management 90048%0%39%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A100%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/A
Brown Advisory 147.629%0%13%100%22%10%0%45%27%69%6%N/A0%17%17%N/A0%0%0%
Causeway Capital Management 45.557%0%52%N/A0%100%N/A71%N/A100%0%0%N/A0%0%0%0%0%0%
Champlain Funds 17.320%0%0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A0%0%0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Clarkston Partners-Inst 8.28332%0%0%100%N/A67%0%25%0%0%N/A0%N/AN/A0%0%0%0%0%
Clearwater Advisors, LLC-TBAs 347%3%44%40%20%50%25%62%80%76%9%100%0%14%17%0%7%0%0%
Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. 79.314%0%16%8%N/A0%N/A0%N/A30%0%N/A0%N/AN/A0%0%0%N/A
Coho Partners 7.551%25%80%100%50%67%N/A69%N/A0%0%N/A33%100%50%0%100%0%0%
Columbia Capital 63739%1%31%24%11%37%31%57%70%54%8%95%42%9%15%0%1%1%1%
Conestoga Funds 7.80%0%0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Congress Equity 20.74%0%0%0%50%0%0%9%0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Copeland Capital Management 4.0185%0%0%N/A0%33%0%0%0%0%N/AN/A0%N/A0%N/A0%0%0%
Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley) 145917%0%20%9%9%8%0%20%46%19%10%0%17%10%0%0%0%0%0%
Credit Suisse 14760%0%0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Davidson Funds 4.43%0%0%0%0%0%25%0%0%0%0%N/A20%0%0%0%0%N/A0%
Davis Selected Advisors 19.8852%0%5%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 6775%1%7%13%5%3%0%10%13%2%0%12%0%0%2%1%0%1%1%
DoubleLine Capital 25052%4%57%50%100%44%20%35%0%100%33%100%67%25%0%N/A0%33%0%
Eagle Capital Growth Funds 200%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%N/AN/A0%0%N/AN/A0%0%0%
Emerald Funds 4.433%45%17%0%0%33%0%56%50%0%100%N/A0%50%0%N/A38%50%100%
EuroPacific Funds 1.17243%0%60%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Evercore Funds 12.238%0%8%0%0%40%25%69%0%33%0%N/A100%33%100%0%0%0%0%
Fidelity Funds 190014%1%12%20%14%17%3%19%25%16%3%23%1%3%7%1%1%2%2%
First Eagle Funds 13425%0%14%31%N/A27%17%41%100%48%0%N/A0%0%23%0%0%0%0%
FIS Funds N/A73%64%75%0%0%100%100%77%0%90%67%N/A33%67%50%100%67%67%0%
Fisher Funds 23667%11%57%80%83%57%69%80%94%70%86%N/A64%41%64%22%12%8%5%
Franklin Templeton 145551%3%48%60%19%52%38%62%60%56%38%65%42%48%41%3%3%2%3%
Frontier Capital Management 1.7619%0%26%0%0%7%8%18%55%19%75%N/A0%8%11%0%0%0%0%
Fuller Thaler 1730%33%36%N/A0%60%N/A25%N/A20%0%0%N/A0%N/AN/A50%N/A0%
Geneva Funds 5.0260%0%0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
GMO 60.41960%2%67%84%6%85%0%58%50%52%68%44%50%50%38%0%0%6%6%
Goldman Sachs Funds 28106%1%11%6%3%3%1%5%1%7%2%0%0%0%1%0%0%1%1%
Golub 6589%7%82%100%0%100%100%100%67%100%100%N/A100%75%100%N/A11%0%0%
GQG Partners 12057%13%52%33%N/A59%100%60%100%62%53%N/A40%71%71%13%29%0%0%
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, L.L.C. 6.367%0%100%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A100%N/AN/AN/AN//A%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Greenspring Funds 60%0%0%0%N/A0%N/A0%N/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/A
Guggenheim Funds 23148%2%42%64%37%43%18%54%81%69%35%94%7%26%22%2%3%4%0%
Harding-Loevner, LP 47.74912%0%28%0%0%50%0%0%0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%
Heartland 20%0%0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0%N/A0%N/AN/AN/A
Heitman Funds 50.4100%0%100%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Homestead Funds 2.53%0%4%33%0%0%0%7%0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Hood River Capital Management 2.780%0%N/AN/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/A0%N/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Horizon 3.81652%1%45%62%38%60%43%54%84%70%41%100%5%26%27%0%0%0%3%
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management, LLC 28.35160%5%57%N/AN/A69%100%59%0%66%N/A0%56%40%67%0%0%0%11%
Impax Funds 4985%3%83%100%100%98%45%100%100%81%100%N/A100%41%69%0%3%9%0%
Invesco Funds 158534%1%27%51%21%34%6%43%68%48%10%77%1%27%19%1%1%4%0%
Jamestown Funds 11.665%65%64%33%0%100%67%96%100%8%100%N/A50%57%0%40%89%0%100%
JP Morgan Funds 293820%5%23%19%9%14%12%26%10%30%13%7%8%20%4%5%4%5%6%
Kayne Anderson Funds 3329%0%0%0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A100%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/A
Kennedy Funds 4.76925%0%N/AN/A100%0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Lazard Asset Management, LLC 20749%0%37%55%64%59%15%73%66%69%27%N/A0%9%14%0%0%0%0%
Loomis Sayles 335.225%0%19%N/A0%59%50%40%0%13%13%N/A100%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Lord, Abbett & Company 19313%0%3%25%30%14%8%17%4%35%3%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
LSV Asset Management 9637%6%38%12%0%59%100%70%50%26%8%100%73%36%33%20%0%10%3%
Madison 2413%5%8%0%0%26%10%32%0%5%0%100%33%0%0%0%6%0%10%
Monarch Capital Partners V LP 12.734%0%0%0%0%29%33%86%0%18%0%N/A100%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Mondrian Investment Partners 5947%0%35%60%0%67%33%50%50%90%60%N/A0%20%50%0%0%0%0%
Morgan Stanley 145958%5%56%67%48%62%45%66%83%65%42%100%34%37%25%0%5%0%8%
NEEDHAM & CO, NEW YORK 0.850%0%0%N/A0%0%N/A0%0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC 46329%4%18%7%5%27%37%49%5%27%9%100%85%18%41%0%3%3%8%
Ninety One 15813%0%50%N/AN/A0%0%N/A0%50%0%N/A0%N/AN/AN/A0%N/AN/A
North Star Investment Holdings LLC 0.66724%21%56%0%0%75%N/A8%33%10%0%N/A0%0%33%0%29%0%33%
Northern Trust Asset Management 110075%16%69%62%76%89%78%81%29%86%87%75%63%45%81%10%0%6%62%
Nuveen Real Estate 110041%2%25%78%33%45%17%50%75%64%39%N/A9%25%30%0%0%13%0%
O’Shaughnessy 8.8655%0%38%100%N/A40%N/A67%N/A78%N/A100%0%N/AN/AN/A0%N/A0%
Payden 15117%0%20%33%0%20%25%21%0%19%0%N/A75%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Penn Capital 1.60%0%0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0%N/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
PGIM Quantitative Solutions, LLC 129842%2%38%31%2%37%22%61%31%51%12%22%90%38%44%0%3%0%2%
PIMCO 186085%4%80%64%100%97%100%96%100%81%89%100%79%81%84%14%3%0%0%
PineBridge 157.137%4%23%75%50%38%25%44%40%65%40%N/A0%25%0%0%9%0%0%
Polen Capital Management 5624%0%0%100%0%17%0%50%25%29%N/A0%0%0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A
Principal Capital Investors LL 69546%1%40%60%42%45%10%50%72%66%28%96%3%37%14%0%1%1%2%
Prudential Financial 145017%0%0%N/AN/A0%0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A100%N/A0%N/A0%N/AN/A
Prudential Investments 145038%3%31%32%0%32%18%59%29%46%10%29%74%36%39%5%2%5%3%
Putnam 1788%0%13%7%0%11%3%15%0%1%9%0%1%1%0%0%0%0%1%
Pzena Investment Management, LLC 550%0%0%0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
RBC Capital Markets LLC 203837%0%50%0%33%22%0%78%0%25%N/AN/A50%0%0%0%0%0%N/A
Redwood Inv EAFE 2.42%0%6%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Riverbridge Partners, LLC 83%0%17%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%N/AN/A0%0%0%N/A0%0%0%
Rockefeller 12.2100%0%100%N/AN/A100%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Russell 29833%3%35%15%0%37%25%49%22%35%11%70%73%23%24%4%4%2%2%
Sands Capital Management, LLC 5216%0%0%0%0%33%N/A22%33%0%N/AN/A0%0%0%N/A0%0%N/A
Segall, Bryant and Hamill 24.632%0%25%100%13%13%0%52%56%56%25%N/A0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
SPDR Funds 120017%0%23%30%0%20%0%29%13%15%5%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Sprott Funds 250%0%0%0%N/A0%N/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/A0%N/AN/A0%N/A0%N/A
State Street Funds 413018%1%23%18%4%20%12%30%9%13%10%0%0%0%0%4%0%0%0%
State Street Global Advisors 413019%0%25%30%0%26%17%29%15%13%5%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
STERLING CAPITAL PARTNERS 7628%2%32%27%0%41%25%37%13%26%9%100%50%14%29%0%4%0%0%
Symmetry Funds 0.5463%0%5%14%0%3%0%4%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 14503%1%5%9%4%0%1%5%1%3%0%0%1%1%0%0%1%1%1%
TCW 21076%4%72%84%44%83%77%79%95%85%79%100%88%61%30%0%7%11%0%
Tortoise Capital 6.944%0%26%50%N/A0%N/A100%N/A60%N/AN/A100%N/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/A
UBS 171748%1%46%47%41%49%10%55%52%60%39%50%27%18%54%4%1%0%0%
Vanguard 81006%0%9%9%3%6%4%7%2%5%1%4%2%5%1%0%0%0%0%
Virtus Funds 171.147%0%32%66%32%45%18%64%56%63%43%80%10%34%26%0%0%0%0%
Vontobel 234.80%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%N/AN/A0%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Voya Investment Management 32228%1%18%35%33%26%11%31%50%47%12%30%0%25%15%0%1%1%0%
Wasatch Advisors 26.719%0%25%0%N/A0%N/A25%N/A25%33%N/AN/A0%N/A0%0%N/AN/A
WCM 82.916%0%43%0%0%0%0%0%0%29%N/A0%0%0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A
Westwood Management 16.60%0%N/AN/AN/A0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
William Blair Investment Management, LLC 12.472%0%77%100%43%88%60%78%73%67%67%N/A50%42%100%N/A0%0%0%
Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC 4.329%0%0%100%0%50%N/A26%75%0%N/AN/A0%0%N/AN/A0%N/AN/A

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