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...In 2020, BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink put the world’s largest money manager squarely behind the cause of purpose-driven investing....
...But that’s exactly what Bluebell Capital Partners has done with BlackRock and its chief Larry Fink....
...He has credited Munger with encouraging him to move on from the “cigar-butt strategy” espoused by his mentor Benjamin Graham, which involved buying cheap stocks akin to a discarded cigar where just a single...
...“I think the world of Larry Fink, but I’m not sure I want him to be my emperor.”...
...Stefan Hoops, the new chief executive of DWS, has pledged to lift its dividend by almost 50 per cent and possibly hand investors up to €1bn more as one of Germany’s biggest asset management firms battles...
...BlackRock and its chief executive Larry Fink were a lightning rod for both sides of the political spectrum....
...It’s a “real wake-up call,” says Desiree Fixler, the former DWS executive who blew the whistle on her company for allegedly making misleading statements about ESG investing in its 2020 annual report (DWS...
...Echoing Larry Fink, the BlackRock chair and chief executive, Ions said that the climate transition marked “an important investment opportunity for investors to provide capital to new technologies and business...
...But from the outcome of recent shareholder votes, it is clear that Larry Fink’s company is far from alone in its leeriness towards the growing wave of climate proposals....
...And yes, one can only wonder what gave the couple the strength to rekindle a relationship once excoriated by South Park in an episode called “Fat Butt and Pancake Head”....
...A recent salvo came from former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers....
...They should have stuck with Larry the Lizard....
...Exhausted, the pair head to the sanctity of the cabman’s hut under Butt Bridge....
...The ETFs were run by BlackRock, State Street and DWS, which are signatories to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative set up in December 2020, as well as Pimco and Charles Schwab....
...In a pair of letters sent on Tuesday to chief executives and to BlackRock’s clients, chief executive Larry Fink said a “tectonic shift” in the investment landscape was happening faster than he expected....
...Chief executive Larry Fink’s memo to BlackRock staff announcing the changes highlighted a near doubling of iShares ETF assets over the same period under Cohen....
...However, Larry Thompson, a US court appointed monitor who spent three years at VW overseeing the overhaul of its corporate culture, said this month he was confident the company was a “better organisation...
...Underfoot were dried paints, books, scattered printouts, a cigarette butt, a bounding cockapoo, some paintings that could potentially sell for millions....
...Billionaires have been the butt of stump speeches by candidates, including Mr Sanders and Ms Warren, as the party debates policies from universal healthcare to a wealth tax....
...Last year Larry Fink, BlackRock’s chief executive, told the FT that his company intends to become a global leader in sustainable investing....
...Three asset owners send a sustainability message When Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, issued his annual letter in January urging companies to adopt sustainability standards, it caused ripples...
...The dollar also received a boost on Friday after Larry Kudlow, a White House economic adviser, said the administration had “ruled out” currency intervention....
...Earlier this year, Ilmarinen, Finland’s oldest pension company, said it would put $1.6bn in two ESG ETFs: another BlackRock fund and one with DWS, the fund management arm of Deutsche Bank....
...Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has also spoken out against the practice, describing it as “quarterly earnings hysteria”....
...Butt will be joined by the entire group of 12 employees who are working in Code’s Europe office. The group includes Kartik Prabhakara, who also worked at UBS....
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