American Consumer & Investor Institute

Two foreign-owned firms with no ownership stake in the companies they evaluate shape shareholder votes affecting millions of American investors — with no meaningful accountability when they get it wrong. That is the proxy advisory system as it currently stands. ACII believes it needs to change. Learn more: proxyadvisorwatch.com/

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman @SenTedCruz is demanding answers from @ISSgovernance and @GlassLewis — asking whether their recommendations against corporate moves to Texas were "tainted by political considerations." We have been asking the same question for years. proxyadvisorwatch.com/

.@BetterMarkets has a close relationship with @SenWarren, yet she appears to overlook the conflicts between their stated mission and the financial interests of their primary funder, Michael Masters.

.@ISSgovernance defied its own regulator for months. The SEC had to go to federal court to compel compliance. ISS claims its recommendations are protected speech. The SEC calls it a straightforward factual investigation. Investors deserve to know who is right. proxyadvisorwatch.com/

The accredited investor definition was designed for a different era. A credentialed financial professional with decades of market experience should not be locked out of private markets by a wealth threshold set in 1982. ACII believes it is time for a standard built on knowledge, not net worth.

.@GlassLewis just merged with a European AI platform and is pivoting toward the European market. When the pressure gets too great at home, this is what retreat looks like. Learn more: proxyadvisorwatch.com/

.@BetterMarkets asks the public to trust its judgment on financial reform. Can they explain why that judgment always seems to align with the interests of its primary funder, Michael Masters?

To qualify as an accredited investor, the SEC has one primary question: how much money do you have? ACII believes the better question is whether you understand what you are investing in. Wealth is not wisdom.

.@issgovernance and @GlassLewis have never owned a single share in the companies they evaluate. They bear none of the risk. They face none of the consequences. Yet they shape outcomes for millions of American investors. proxyadvisorwatch.com/

A truly independent watchdog doesn't answer to one man. @BetterMarkets does — hedge fund manager Michael Masters, their primary funder. That is not impartial oversight.

Financial education and investment experience matter. The current accredited investor definition does not adequately account for either. ACII believes competent investors should not be sidelined simply because they do not meet an outdated wealth requirement.

China does not care about ESG. Pretending otherwise does not make it true — it makes the ratings meaningless. When credit agencies reward the world's largest emitter while downgrading American businesses, investors are not getting analysis. They are getting politics. nypost.com/2026/10/14/busine…

.@ISSgovernance refused to cooperate with @SECGov examiners for months and defied a formal subpoena. The SEC took them to federal court. A neutral advisor with nothing to hide does not behave this way. Learn more: proxyadvisorwatch.com/

.@issgovernance told the DOJ in 1987 it would only advise on shareholder voting — not corporate operations. It now sells consulting services to the same companies it evaluates. The DOJ noticed.

.@SenWarren has called for removing Wall Street money from Washington, yet she has aligned herself with @BetterMarkets — an organization funded by billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Masters.

Follow the money at @BetterMarkets and it leads to one billionaire. Their agenda is driven by Michael Masters' financial interests — not the public good.