Vunani Fund Managers joins Strate e-Voting platform
Strate has operationalised another new client on its e‐Voting platform. Vunani Fund Managers, with assets under management of R39.5 billion, is now live to process voting instructions via our fully digital solution.
This is another milestone as we continue to serve the South African financial market ecosystem via our groundbreaking e-Voting platform.
Through full integration with our core CSD platform, the e-Voting service is a secure web-based application that enables digital shareholder meetings for both South African and foreign-incorporated companies.
“Vunani Fund Managers would like to express our sincere appreciation to the e-Voting team for their hard work and assistance during the onboarding process. The team were always accessible and willing to help, and their attention to detail and quick response times enabled us to meet a tight deadline to go-live. We are looking forward to using the platform,” says Dennis Abrahams, Client Liaison Officer at Vunani Fund Managers.
e-Voting seamlessly connects issuers and investors throughout the proxy voting lifecycle, increasing transparency and efficiencies across the value chain.
We are pleased to have now operationalised 24 asset management clients onto our e-Voting platform, with a total of R3.41 trillion in assets under management.
The benefits of our e-Voting platform include:
- Real-time voting from any location
- Ability for voters to change their vote at any time before meeting close
- Ability for voters to direct questions to the meeting chairperson
- No manual intervention at any stage in the value chain
- Improved corporate governance through interactive, audited reports
- A true end-to-end solution
To find out more about Strate’s e-Voting platform, please contact our e-Voting team on e-Votingteam@strate.co.za.
