2026 Proxy Season Preview

PwC provides a preview of the 2026 proxy season, with highlights in three key developments directors should watch for in the next year:  

• Investors and regulators are recalibrating the influence of proxy advisors’ benchmark policies and voting recommendations. 

• The shareholder base is fragmenting, with large asset managers having increasingly divergent goals. 

• New SEC guidance shifts responsibility to boards and management to exercise sound judgment and navigate proxy decisions with less regulatory signaling.

Read PwC’s insights here.