Where Could Proxymity Help Next?
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Institutional investors have already experienced the transformational impact of a fully digital proxy chain. The next significant opportunity lies in extending these capabilities to the broader market. Retail investors, platforms and family-office structures represent a substantial pool of voting power that has historically been limited by manual processes and fragmented channels
Unlocking this segment would materially shift market engagement:
Around 30% of issued capital in ASX300 companies is not voted
Outside the ASX300, this rises to 65%
This represents roughly 1.25 billion Australian dollars’ worth of shares not voted each year
Bringing this capital into the digital ecosystem offer an unprecedented opportunity to elevate participation, stewardship and market transparency.
Proxymity's new real-time APIs for platforms and brokers (including forthcoming support for ETF structures that allows all underlying voters to be connected) are designed to close this gap. For the first time, platforms can offer retail clients the same immediacy, precision and confidence that institutional investors already rely on. Market participants view this as a turning point. As one platform provider noted, “We have never been able to offer this without taking on risk. If the workflows are digital, we can finally scale stewardship for retail investors.”
The result is a significant opportunity to drive new levels of industry engagement, widen access to governance, and ensure that voting reflects the full breadth of Australia's investor community.
