Citi launches digital proxy voting service in Australia, New Zealand

Investors can vote and receive confirmation in real-time.

Citi Securities Services has launched the Vote Connect Total, a digital proxy voting service Proxymity in Australia and New Zealand.

Powered by Proxymity’s investor communications platform, Vote Connect Total enables real-time voting, with the investors receiving digital confirmation regarding the votes they cast.

It also enables meeting announcements and agendas to be published directly from issuers to investors.

Proxymity first launched in the UK in 2018.