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Touchstone Balanced Fund proxy voting record 2026
Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.
The question on the ballot
As filed
Touchstone Variable Series Trust 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 Touchstone Variable Series Trust on 2026-08-26 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 1.8 MB)
How it voted, by issue
Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 20 of its 75 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 100% of the time across 33 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 16 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| Other social issues | 20 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
Nvidia Corporation · 24 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Nvidia publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
AGAINST Touchstone Balanced Fund voted with 10,758 shares
“Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting reporting on greenhouse gas emissions from the use of our sold products.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceTouchstone Variable Series Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0002000324-26-003868 · series S000059066 · open the filing
Amazon.com, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Amazon.com report what its data centres do to its climate commitments?
Shareholders asked for a report on the electricity and water its data-centre build-out consumes, and on whether the growth in that demand can be squared with the emissions targets the company has already committed to.
AGAINST Touchstone Balanced Fund voted with 8,010 shares
“SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON CLIMATE COMMITMENTS”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceTouchstone Variable Series Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0002000324-26-003868 · series S000059066 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST Touchstone Balanced Fund voted with 6,042 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceTouchstone Variable Series Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0002000324-26-003868 · series S000059066 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST Touchstone Balanced Fund voted with 6,042 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceTouchstone Variable Series Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0002000324-26-003868 · series S000059066 · open the filing
Workday, Inc. · 16 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category.
AGAINST Touchstone Balanced Fund voted with 1,994 shares
“To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding disclosure of employee retention rates by demographic category.”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceTouchstone Variable Series Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0002000324-26-003868 · series S000059066 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
AGAINST Touchstone Balanced Fund voted with 3,001 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.”
SourceTouchstone Variable Series Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0002000324-26-003868 · series S000059066 · open the filing
Meta Platforms, Inc. · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should Meta Platforms report on what its platform costs children?
Shareholders asked for a report on the costs and benefits of the software the company uses to detect child sexual abuse material, and on the effect of its safety and privacy choices on children using the service.
AGAINST Touchstone Balanced Fund voted with 3,001 shares
“A shareholder proposal regarding report on integrating child safety improvements into the executive compensation program.”
SourceTouchstone Variable Series Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0002000324-26-003868 · series S000059066 · open the filing
Bank of America Corporation · 4 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Bank of America also chair the board that supervises them?
Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.
AGAINST Touchstone Balanced Fund voted with 15,782 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair”
The column headers and this one row, lifted unaltered out of EDGAR’s rendering of the filing.
SourceTouchstone Variable Series Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-26 · accession 0002000324-26-003868 · series S000059066 · open the filing
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