Ross Kerber

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging city pension fund officials to re-bid $42.3 billion managed by BlackRock , saying the fund manager has deprioritized climate concerns.

A top Glass Lewis executive said the firm may register itself as a U.S. investment adviser, which would subject it to more regulation but potentially assuage criticism from corporate executives and Republican politicians over its proxy voting recommendations.

A bureaucratic shift by the Securities and Exchange Commission on proxy resolutions this week drew howls of alarm from reform-minded investors worried that the agency just gutted a key tool for shareholder activism.

The top U.S. financial regulator on Monday changed the grounds on which companies may seek permission to skip votes on shareholder resolutions, a move seen as making it more difficult for activists to force votes on contentious topics such as climate change or workforce diversity.

As co-founder of Wikipedia and a trustee of its host organization, Alabama native Jimmy Wales has guided the online encyclopedia's evolution through attacks on its accuracy and online vandalism.

With revenue of $55 million and the backing of the United Nations, the Principles for Responsible Investment group has become a key organizer helping big investment firms make use of environmental, social and governance investment tools and report on their progress.

State Street , the world's third-biggest asset manager, said it is pulling the bulk of its operations out of the sector's main global climate coalition despite the group's efforts to retain members by relaxing its rules.

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Tesla critics hope to block the stratospheric compensation proposed for CEO Elon Musk but face an uphill fight.