Treasurer of State Daniel Elliott is in charge of enforcing a recent ban on culture-war investment practices. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Treasurer Daniel Elliott announced Friday he placed BlackRock — one of the world’s largest asset managers — on a […] Click here to view original […]

Funds raised from bonds is used to finance government priorities, in this case, mitigation of catastrophic events and building of infrastructure. At an investor summit in London recently, the Minister of Finance and Investment Promotion, Prof. Mthuli Ncube, announced that the government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) would soon issue catastrophic, […] Click here to view original

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Under Republican leadership, Louisiana has joined the red state battle against environmental, social and governance policies with the country’s latest state-level law that bans doing business with corporations, including bond underwriters, deemed to be unfriendly to the gun industry. Click here to view original web page at Louisiana enacts anti-ESG measure targeting underwriters

FILE – The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the highly anticipated Climate-Related Disclosure Rule in March, it was met with fanfare from the financial industry. It was also met with a series […] Click here to view original

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has published a new guide for trustees, setting out practical steps on how the can engage with asset managers on environmental, social & governance (ESG) issues. The Trustees & ESG paper provides a comprehensive outline of the various regulatory ESG disclosure requirements, ESG […] Click here to view original