Stock up your savings now if you want to enjoy retirement
Yes, Larry Fink really stepped in it when he started messaging woke Environmental Social Governance as the savior of mankind. But this column has always sought to put his career…
An ‘R.I.P.’ FOR ESG is near
ESG is on its last legs. How do I know this? Consider the actions of BlackRock, the big money manager and one of the initial and fiercest advocates of the…
SCOTUS affirmative action ruling comes for corporate DEI
If your employer’s diversity goals are blocking you from getting promoted, last week’s Supreme Court ruling against racial preferences at Harvard is promising news. The conservative justices reminded the nation…
Wall Street has its eye on investing in Ukraine
Wall Street really wants to invest in Ukraine, and some of the top players are doing more than sniffing around at the prospects. The world’s largest money-management firm BlackRock continues…
Davos is a Swiss ‘miss’ at solving world problems
Covering the World Economic Forum in that smallish village of Davos, Switzerland, is an odd affair. Big news should come out of the conference given its list of attendees —…
BlackRock cutting up to 500 jobs: report
Larry Fink’s BlackRock is cutting up to 500 jobs, Insider reported on Wednesday, citing a memo. Major financial firms in the US have been forced to reduce their headcount in…
some investors ‘don’t give a s–t’ about ‘ESG’
Jamie Dimon told clients this week that “some investors don’t give a s–t” about “ESG,” the woke investing approach that US companies increasingly have embraced under political pressure, sources told…
Biden’s reality bites! Uglier downturn seen
The headline numbers are looking good for Joe Biden lately. He’s recently won a big legislative victory, and his approvals are ticking higher, which means maybe the manifold failures of…
BlackRock’s Larry Fink vows ‘harder line’ in bringing workers back to office
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said his $10 trillion investment management company would be “taking a harder line as to how we bring our employees back” into the office and that…
BlackRock faces scrutiny from 19 state AGs over ESG investments
BlackRock, the arena’s greatest asset supervisor, is coming beneath scrutiny from a gaggle of state legal professionals common over its competitive push on so-called ESG investments that advertise environmental, social…