TBG Dividend Focus ETF (NYSE: TBG) Hires Bowyer Research to Advise on Proxy Voting
The ETF will rely on Bowyer Research's Bowyer Research Proxy Voting Guidelines, a framework that focuses on shareholder capitalism and aims to depoliticize corporate governance. Bowyer's guidelines exist to support value creation, free enterprise, market competitiveness, meritocracy, and opposes corporate governance proposals that focus on controversial political and cultural issues.
'The TBG Dividend Focus ETF wanted a proxy advisor aligned with its goal of maximizing shareholder value,' said David Bahnsen, founder, managing partner, and chief investment officer of The Bahnsen Group, and portfolio manager of the TBG Dividend Focus ETF. 'In recent years, shareholder activism has interfered with the fiduciary duty of companies to create shareholder value. Our ETF's alignment with the Bowyer Research guidelines helps to ensure that the companies we invest in are focused on maximizing shareholder value instead of weighing in on distracting hot button political matters.'
The TBG Dividend Focus ETF was launched in November 2023 to implement the dividend growth philosophy of The Bahnsen Group. The actively managed ETF focuses on individual equities across the market-capitalization spectrum that offer attractive dividend yield that is both sustainable and growing. The ETF currently has $125 million in assets. The Bahnsen Group manages in excess of $7 billion.
Disclaimers:
The Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses must be considered carefully before investing. This and other important information is contained in the prospectus, which may be obtained by following the links to Prospectus and Summary Prospectus or by calling +1.215.882.9983. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Investments involve risk. Principal loss is possible.
TBG Dividend Focus ETF is distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC.
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