We show that on the domain of convex games, Dutta-Ray's egalitarian solution is characterized by core selection, aggregate monotonicity, and bounded richness, a new property requiring that the poorest players cannot be made richer within the core. Replacing "poorest" by "poorer" allows to eliminate aggregate monotonicity. Moreover, strengthening core selection into bilateral consistencyà la Davis and Maschler, and Pareto optimality into individual rationality and bilateral consistencyà la Hart and Mas-Colell, we obtain alternative and stylized axiomatic approaches.