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by nebolo 2680 days ago
Participating in corporate governance and actively forming corporate strategy is a very different issue. And to my knowledge, ETFs and mutual funds do not participate in any meaningful way in management, i.e. they do not act as activist investors.
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>And to my knowledge, ETFs and mutual funds do not participate in any meaningful way in management, i.e. they do not act as activist investors.

There's been a trend towards more activism with passive indexes. One example with Blackrock's passive fund:

https://www.afr.com/business/larry-fink-says-blackrock-will-...