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BlackRock CEO seeks firm’s removal from Texas prohibited asset manager list

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink petitioned Texas elected officials to remove the firm from the state’s prohibited asset manager list at an energy investment summit on February 6. BlackRock has not been eligible to manage public assets in Texas since August 24, 2022, when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar (R) released a…

Ballotpedia · Feb 16, 2024

BlackRock CEO seeks firm’s removal from Texas prohibited asset manager list

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.

Ballotpedia · Feb 13, 2024

BlackRock's Rieder Hints More Bitcoin Purchase In Future

BlackRock's Rick Rieder hinted that the world's largest asset manager may amass more Bitcoin in the future, depending on the public's attitudes toward the cryptocurrency.

International Business Times · Feb 12, 2024

Bankers discuss ESG financial practices at UN climate conference

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.

Ballotpedia · Dec 5, 2023

Legendary American photographer Larry Fink dies at the age of 82

Best known for his work capturing the divided class in the US, photographer Larry Fink has died aged 82

Digital Camera World · Nov 29, 2023

Larry Fink, photographer who contrasted social classes, dead at 82

Larry Fink, an acclaimed and adventurous photographer whose subjects ranged from family portraits and political satire to working class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan society, has died

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023

Wall Street titans Larry Fink and Jamie Dimon say ‘rising fear and less hope’ are pushing the chances of a recession higher

JPMorgan CEO Dimon warned that the world is facing the “most serious” geopolitical instability since 1938.

Fortune · Nov 6, 2023

Starmer wins backing of billionaire BlackRock chief: ‘He offers hope to British politics’

Larry Fink, one of world’s most influential financiers, says Labour leader has ‘shown real strength’

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

SEC emissions disclosure rule could come later than expected

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spokesperson Mellissa Campbell Duru said last week the expected October release date for the commission’s emissions disclosure rule was a best estimate that could be inaccurate, according to a Bloomberg Law report. Campbell Duru also said the SEC—like BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and others in…

Ballotpedia · Oct 16, 2023

The trolling of corporate America

Even companies making mild gestures of social responsibility are getting slammed with boycotts and lawsuits. Their hollow do-gooder rhetoric hasn't helped.

Fortune · Oct 2, 2023