Real-Time Proxy Voting: How BNP Paribas & Proxymity Are Transforming Shareholder Meetings

Why It Matters

Real‑time proxy voting shortens decision cycles, boosts data integrity and empowers investors to influence ESG outcomes, giving custodians like BNP Paribas a decisive market advantage.

Key Takeaways

• BNP Paribas integrates Proxymity’s platform for real‑time voting.
• Platform replaces paper‑based processes with digital, cloud‑native workflow.
• Clients receive issuer data instantly, enhancing governance decision timelines.
• Proxymity and BNP partnership expands to UK, Australia, New Zealand.
• Real‑time communication improves shareholder‑issuer engagement and ESG oversight.

Summary

The video announces the launch of a real‑time proxy‑voting solution that links BNP Paribas’ custody platform with Proxymity’s cloud‑native communication hub, aiming to modernize shareholder meetings across the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

By digitising the entire information chain—from issuer disclosure to investor vote—the joint solution eliminates paper cards, faxes and free‑text emails. Issuers upload data directly to Proxymity, which instantly routes it through BNP Paribas to its clients, who can verify source authenticity, review proposals and cast votes up to the deadline, with results fed back to the issuer in real time.

Mari Faggali, head of asset services at BNP Paribas, highlighted the seamless transition to the in‑house web portal, while CEO Dean Little stressed the platform’s scalability and the “true transparent communications platform” that now lets issuers see their investor base. The partnership, already live in three markets, is being extended to BNP’s global custody business.

The initiative promises faster, more accurate corporate‑governance decisions, stronger ESG monitoring and a competitive edge for custodians that can offer instantaneous voting. As the industry moves away from legacy paper processes, real‑time digital voting could become the new standard for shareholder engagement.

Original Description

How are shareholder meetings moving from paper-based processes to real-time digital participation?

At Sibos 2025, Mariangela Fumagalli from BNP Paribas Securities Services and Dean Little, CEO and Co-Founder of Proxymity, discuss how real-time proxy voting is transforming the way investors engage with corporate events.

Through the integration of Proxymity into BNP Paribas’ asset servicing platform, clients can access the VoteConnect system directly through the bank’s portal. VoteConnect is already live in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, with VoteConnect Global expanding worldwide for custody clients.

The platform creates a reconciled digital pathway for shareholder meetings. When issuers publish meeting details, Proxymity ingests intermediary position files, distributes issuer-verified information to investors in real time, and returns votes directly to issuers as they are cast.

This replaces legacy processes involving free-text messages, faxes, and paper voting cards — systems that often create delays, errors, and limited transparency.

For investors, the benefits include faster access to meeting materials, clearer deadlines, and more time to make informed decisions. Instead of administrative complexity, attention can shift toward stewardship, governance, and ESG priorities.

Built as a cloud-native platform, Proxymity can scale for peak proxy seasons and large onboardings. The long-term vision is to create a global market utility where issuers and investors interact through a single real-time system.

With BNP Paribas providing global reach and custody expertise, and Proxymity delivering modern infrastructure, the partnership is helping transform shareholder voting and corporate-event participation into a transparent, digital-first experience.

This conversation is essential for asset managers, custody banks, corporate governance professionals, and fintech leaders following the evolution of digital shareholder engagement.

Explore the complete conversation with BNP Paribas and Proxymity on real-time proxy voting, digital shareholder meetings, and the future of corporate governance technology :

https://ffnews.com/fintech-tv/event/event-videos-2025/sibos-2025/bnp-paribas-proxymity-transform-shareholder-meetings-with-real-time-connectivity/

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