Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Key Points The SEC is set to undergo sweeping changes under the second Trump administration, with a Republican-controlled Commission setting a new agenda. The agency is expected to focus on easing regulatory burdens and creating a crypto-friendly regulatory framework, as well as […] Click here to view original […]

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and Mexican real-estate investment trust Fibra Uno tapped the international bond market on Thursday with ESG bond placements totaling $2.3 billion, according to sources involved in the deals. CABEI printed $1.5 billion worth of three-year sustainability bonds, while Fibra Uno, or […] Click here to view original

Investors appear to view ESG as a luxury that can be set aside when times are tough. | iStock/Firn/SERSOL In 2023, a team of researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business posited that investors might view progress on ESG issues as a luxury: something worth pursuing in boom times […] Click here to view original

The latest developments in sustainable finance: Two more US managers leave CA100+; Premier Miton announces SDR label plans. Click here to view original web page at ESG round-up: US withdraws proposed climate rules for federal contractors

Banks are running scared from climate commitments — for now. Paul Waldman • January 14, 2025 Heatmap Illustration/Getty Images The first veto of Joe Biden’s presidency, in March 2023, came on a bill that would have overturned a Department of Labor rule allowing retirement funds to consider environment, social, […] Click here to view original

federal case out of Texas decided on Friday, could be the first step in a long and painful march for institutional capital behemoth BlackRock and its Hard Left CEO Larry Fink. It’s not all that unrealistic to say that District Judge Reid O’Connor’s ruling might ultimately wipe out BlackRock […] Click here to view original