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by xkjkls 2763 days ago
> Make it clear that directors of index funds and other large money managers have a fiduciary duty to vote solely in the interest of the funds’ shareholders.

That's easy to say, but deciding what the shareholders interest is can be incredibly difficult. On any difficult decision, like "should this merger be approved", index funds taking any position is the same as active management.