(Reuters) -The White House is exploring new measures to curb the influence of proxy advisers and index-fund managers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter.

Trump administration officials are discussing at least one executive order that would restrict proxy-advisory firms such as Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis, the Journal’s report added.

Officials are also exploring limits on how index-fund managers are allowed to vote, the report said.

“As a registered investment advisor that has been subject to oversight by the SEC for a quarter of a century, ISS is committed to fulfilling its fiduciary duties to clients and operating in a transparent and ethical manner,” an ISS spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

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