You Own Wall Street › Funds › Baron Asset Fund
Baron Asset Fund proxy voting record
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.
SourceProxy-voting record filed by BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) on 2025-08-28 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 2.4 MB)
How it voted, by issue
Proposals are grouped by the subject the filer itself recorded. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 86.5% of the time across 37 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate governance | 10 | 7 | 70% |
| Other social issues | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Ballots it voted
IDEX Corporation · 8 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Idex report on whether it hires people with criminal records?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s hiring practices for applicants with arrest or incarceration records, and on the business case for widening that pool.
AGAINST Baron Asset Fund voted with 192,760 shares
“Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding a report on hiring practices related to people with arrest or incarceration records.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001021408-25-003943 · series S000000582 · open the filing
Arch Capital Group Ltd. · 7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Arch Capital Group publish what its inclusion policies actually do for its workforce?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion efforts within its human capital management strategy — what the policies are, how they are measured, and what they have changed for employees.
AGAINST Baron Asset Fund voted with 1,986,444 shares
“To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting that the Company report to shareholders on the effectiveness of its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, if properly presented at the Meeting.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001021408-25-003943 · series S000000582 · open the filing
DraftKings Inc. · 19 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should DraftKings disclose, or change, who sits on its board?
Shareholders asked the company to publish a board skills-and-diversity matrix, or to commit to a minimum representation of women among its directors.
FOR Baron Asset Fund voted with 245,000 shares
“To consider a shareholder proposal regarding board matrix disclosure.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001021408-25-003943 · series S000000582 · open the filing
The Charles Schwab Corporation · 22 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should every Charles Schwab director face election every year?
Shareholders asked the company to end its staggered board, so that all directors stand for election annually rather than once every three years.
FOR Baron Asset Fund voted with 1,478,936 shares
“Stockholder proposal requesting declassification of the board of directors”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001021408-25-003943 · series S000000582 · open the filing
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · 7 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should every IDEXX Laboratories director face election every year?
Shareholders asked the company to end its staggered board, so that all directors stand for election annually rather than once every three years.
FOR Baron Asset Fund voted with 517,630 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding the Annual Election of Directors (Proposal Six).”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001021408-25-003943 · series S000000582 · open the filing
CoStar Group, Inc. · 26 June 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should CoStar Group disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
FOR Baron Asset Fund voted with 2,156,930 shares
“Stockholder proposal regarding support for transparency in political spending, if properly presented.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceBARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND), Form N-PX filed 2025-08-28 · accession 0001021408-25-003943 · series S000000582 · open the filing
Retirement plans that offer it
Vote these ballots yourself
See how you would have voted, then what this fund did — one card at a time. Open the ballot deck →