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Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... America's dominance in ESG fundraising and impact investing respectively, the term has been a point of contention with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in June calling the acronym "totally weaponised". "The chatter we've seen around anti-ESG in the US ...

BlackRock raises $500m for Super Battery

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock Alternatives has secured over $500 million from Australian and global institutional and sovereign co-investors to expedite the development of the Waratah Super Battery. The Waratah Super Battery (WSB), believed to be one the largest committed ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... consistently voting against biodiversity proposals at AGMs. Deeper analysis of three of the top five global asset managers - BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA - uncovered that despite public commitments to sustainable investing, their sustainability funds ...

Fink counts the cost of "easy money" in annual letter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock chairman Larry Fink warned that dominos may be starting to fall as global economies count the price of more than a decade of easy money in his annual letter to investors. In a letter where ESG and climate change took a backseat to concerns ...

Testing ESG impacts on US pension fund returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... public pension funds that they govern. In October 2022, the state of Missouri pulled approximately US$500 million from BlackRock, with Republican State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) ...

US states sue Biden administration over "woke" ESG rules

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... public pension funds that they govern. In October 2022, the state of Missouri pulled approximately US$500 million from BlackRock, with Republican State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) ...

US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... the public pension funds that they govern. In October, the state of Missouri pulled approximately US$500 million from BlackRock, with Republican State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) ...

Twiggy Forrest invests in Ukraine's post-war green future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... the Russians have destroyed can readily be replaced with the latest, most modern green and digital infrastructure." BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby BlackRock ...

Missouri pulls BlackRock mandate in anti-ESG move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
The state of Missouri has pulled approximately US$500 million from BlackRock in the latest manifestation of the anti-ESG movement on the rise in some US states. Republican State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced that the Missouri State Employees' ...

BlackRock continues renewable infrastructure investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
BlackRock Real Assets has continued its investment in renewable energy assets by acquiring a New-Zealand-based rooftop solar and battery technology provider. BlackRock Real Assets will acquire solarZero via a scheme of arrangement and will commit more ...