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Massachusetts

Massachusetts has two main public pension funds:

  • The MSRB board represents nearly state employees (excluding Boston) covered by Maryland SERS; the board consists of 5 members: 1 Ex Officio (State Treasurer); 1 appointed by the State Treasurer; 2 elected by members of MSRB; 1 elected by the other members of the board.
  • The MTRS board represents nearly all public school teachers (excluding Boston) and consists of 7 members: 3 ex officio (State Treasurer, State Auditor, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education), 2 members who are elected by the active and retired members of the system, 1 member—who must be a retired teacher—who is appointed by the Governor, and 1 member who is chosen by the vote of the other six.

By Asset Manager

AQR Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

82%

Aristotle Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

29%

Copeland Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

5%

Frontier Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

19%

Goldman Sachs Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

6%

Invesco Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

34%

Loomis Sayles

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

25%

Lord Abbett Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

13%

PGIM Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

42%

Principal Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

46%

Prudential Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

17%

State Street Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

18%

State Street SSGA

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

19%

T Rowe Price Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

3%

UBS Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

48%

Boston Partners Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

28%

Fiera Capital Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

32%

RBC Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

37%

Sands Capital Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

16%

Baillie Gifford Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

29%

Mondrian Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

47%

Polen Capital Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

24%

Sterling Capital Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

28%

Coho Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

51%

Pzena Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

0%

Wasatch Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

19%

O'Shaughnessy Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

55%

Brookfield Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

48%

Asset Manager Voting

Pro-ESG

26.5%

Anti-ESG

1.1%

Anti-Fossil Fuels

25%

Anti-Pollution/Waste

35%

Animal Rights

15%

DEI

26%

Weapons/Defense

11%

Human Rights

33%

Income Equality

33%

Political Speech/Lobbying Spending

33%

Health Care

14%

Race/Gender targets on Boards

45%

Non-Pecuniary

17%

ESG-Focused Governance

18%

Abortion

17%

Pro-Fossil Fuel

1%

Equality not DEI

1%

Controversial Cause Support

2%

Geopolitical Rivals/China

1%

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