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Franklin Templeton files for Bitcoin ETF, joins race for crypto ‘holy grail’

Franklin Templeton joins a flurry of ETF applications from financial heavyweights after BlackRock entered the fray in June.

Fortune

Vanguard joins BlackRock in reducing support for ESG shareholder proposals

Fox Business reported on August 29 that Vanguard—the second largest asset manager in the world and the largest manager of passive funds—reduced its support for pro-ESG proxy proposals during the past shareholder season. The report followed news that BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager (measured by assets under management) also…

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SEC regulation slows ahead of expected climate disclosure rule

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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September has been a bad month for Bitcoin. This year could be among the worst

Since 2013, the coin has taken a monthly loss in September all but twice.

Fortune

Vivek Ramaswamy’s anti-ESG ETF firm hits $1 billion in assets

WASHINGTON: Strive Asset Management, an anti-activism fund company co-founded by Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, has crossed $1 billion in assets even as it comes under legal scrutiny.

The Times of India

New BlackRock office to take NZ presence up a gear

Hot off $2b climate investment, BlackRock reveals New Zealand office plans and thinking on the local economy

Newsroom.co.nz

Bitcoin soared after Grayscale’s historic court victory. Those gains have since vanished

On Friday, the top cryptocurrency fell below where it had been trading prior to the ruling.

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BlackRock chief investment officer's unlikely career path started in theater

The BlackRock CIO says the trading floor is just like a stage production.

Fortune

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Fall As SEC Pushes Back Spot ETF Decision Until October

This development impacts prominent asset managers such as BlackRock, WisdomTree and VanEck that are now subject to the delay.

Zenger

Gary Gensler's SEC is going after NFT sales from 2021. What's the point?

Grayscale won a resounding victory in court, but what happens next is anyone's guess.

Fortune

Examining BlackRock’s shift away from ESG

The Economy and Society letter is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Why Ambitious U.S. Emissions Reduction Goals Are Increasingly Out of Reach

Amid huge profits for oil majors, pressure builds on banks to cut ties.

Capital & Main

Bitcoin sees sudden 4% uptick after investors anticipate lower likelihood of interest rate hike in September

The upswing follows a recent crash in the crypto market amid economic unease.

Fortune

A new approach to environmental, social and governance policies is needed before it's too late

This summer has proven how destructive climate change can be. We have been plagued by harrowing images of Maui, Hawaii in ashes, news about wildfires spreading smoke across Canada and the United States and record-breaking heat waves worldwide.

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S&P eliminates ESG scores from credit ratings

Fortune

BlackRock expects economy to ‘flatline’ for a year before inflation returns in 2024. Get ready for a generational shift to ‘full-employment stagnation’

BlackRock Investment Institute warns that we’re in the weakest period of growth “in the postwar era outside the Global Financial Crisis.”

Fortune

‘Don’t be fooled’ by the uptick in inflation, economist says. Prices are falling, and the Fed now has the ammo to pause its rate hikes

“Inflation is slowing, and doing so across a broader range of goods and services,” said Julia Pollak, ZipRecruiter’s chief economist.

Fortune

ESG investing is still largely smoke and mirrors

A new study reveals that a handful of big asset and investment managers are responsible for virtually all of the ESG investments in finance.

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Meeting the long-term climate threat takes more than private investment – 10 ways NZ can be smart and strategic

The announcement of a partnership between the government and the world’s biggest investment manager BlackRock in a NZ$2 billion climate infrastructure fund suggests the company is expecting renewable energy in New Zealand to increase its own profitability.

The Independent UK

New Zealand is partnering with BlackRock in aim to reach 100% renewable electricity

New Zealand’s government says it will partner with U.S. investment giant BlackRock as it aims to become one of the first nations in the world to have its electricity grid run entirely from renewable energy

Zenger

BlackRock Called Out For ‘ESG Facade’ After Naming Saudi Aramco Chief To Board

The move raised several eyebrows across corporate and social media circles.

Zenger

Coinbase’s Meteoric Rise Defies Logic As BlackRock Alliance Boosts Stock

Coinbase's value soars as BlackRock applies to launch bitcoin-backed ETF with the digital exchange as custodian.

Zenger

BlackRock To Give Clients Voting Power Amid Criticism Over Political Investments

World's largest asset manager responds to ESG critics by allowing investors to vote proxies

Ballotpedia

BlackRock announces plans to allow investors to vote their own proxies

The Big Three passive asset management firms—BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard—have been criticized for using investors’ money in pursuit of political goals. The firms use the funds that they invest on behalf of their clients and vote the proxies that, outside of a pooled index or mutual fund, investors would…

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Is Coinbase Stock a Sell on the News That the SEC is Suing the Crypto Exchange?

Coinbase shares have rallied significantly in 2023, even as regulatory concerns remain largely unresolved. Can the cryptocurrency stock continue to deliver outsized gains?

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