Pension funds, asset managers look to protect portfolio value with voting rights
The California Public Employees' Retirement System included AI provisions for the first time in its most recent proxy voting guidelines. © Reuters
KYOHEI SUGA, RIKA KIMURA and MAYU NAKADA
October 17, 2026 02:43 JST
TOKYO -- Pension funds and asset managers worldwide are stepping up scrutiny of how portfolio companies manage artificial intelligence, aiming to prevent their value from deteriorating by encouraging proxy voting against the election of directors and other methods.