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Fund management
JPMorgan and State Street quit climate group as BlackRock scales back
...Additionally, 21 Republican state attorneys-general are investigating asset managers for working together on climate issues....
February 15, 2024
Super Tuesday: How the night unfolded
Texas House campaigns to shed light on how ‘red’ the state has become
...Two senior political figures in the state — governor Greg Abbott and attorney-general Ken Paxton — are both vocal supporters of Trump and have endorsed a series of challengers to state representatives that...
March 5, 2024
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
Climate legislation
Republican states step up legal threats to Biden’s climate agenda
...State attorneys-general, who are elected officials in most US states, have pounced on this vulnerability....
April 12, 2024
Six films to watch this week
Girls State film review — teenagers spring surprises in politics camp documentary
...duly meet the girl voted “most judgmental” in high school; the girl who vows in deadly earnest to become president by 2040; the girl you feel probably should be president in 2040, here becoming a popular attorney-general...
April 11, 2024
FT Swamp Notes
Let’s not overdo the McConnell farewell Premium content
...Cornyn is in a feud with Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney-general, and a close Trump ally, so that may hurt his case....
March 1, 2024
Bankruptcy
The US scourge of venue shopping
...In the past, about 200 bankruptcy judges, law professors, and professional organisations — including the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) — have endorsed bipartisan legislation to fix this...
March 28, 2024
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
ESG investing
BlackRock sued by Tennessee over ESG strategies
...The lawsuit filed in state court by Tennessee attorney-general Jonathan Skrmetti alleged that BlackRock had been inconsistent in stating whether it focused exclusively on investment returns or whether it...
December 18, 2023
ESG investing
Green investment in Texas shows how funds are navigating anti-ESG laws
...Most recently, the firm was sued by Tennessee, where the state attorney-general accused it of violating consumer protection laws by misusing ESG factors; BlackRock rejected the claims and said it would “...
January 7, 2024
Film
Girls State, the documentary offering ‘a crystal ball on the US’s political future’
...feminist activist Cecilia, who rouses a busy cafeteria into applause with an impromptu speech from her plastic-chair soapbox; attorney-general candidate Tochi, who realises she may be the first Black girl...
March 22, 2024
Transcript
Transcript: Why Elon Musk is breaking up with Delaware
...For all its reputation as being a business-friendly state, the politicians there, the legislature, the governor, the attorney-general have waded into the so-called culture war, whether it relates to ESG...
February 14, 2024
News in-depthSupreme Court US
Trump gives US Supreme Court its biggest election test since Bush vs Gore
...A group of senior officials who worked in the past six Republican administrations — including ex-judge Michael Luttig and former acting US attorney-general Stuart Gerson — filed a brief in support of Colorado...
February 7, 2024
Supreme Court US
Former US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor dies aged 93
...Born in Texas in 1930, O’Connor held an array of jobs including serving as an assistant attorney-general in Arizona before being appointed to the state’s senate, where she was subsequently selected as its...
December 1, 2023
News updates from July 25: Microsoft and Alphabet report rise in revenues, UK government faces £150bn bill to cover Bank of England’s QE losses
Biden administration sues Texas over floating barrier at southern border
...“We allege that Texas has flouted federal law by installing a barrier in the Rio Grande without obtaining the required federal authorisation,” US associate attorney general Vanita Gupta said....
July 24, 2023
News updates from July 24: Credit Suisse fined $388mn over Archegos collapse; Israel passes controversial judicial overhaul law
Biden administration sues Texas over floating barrier at southern border
...“We allege that Texas has flouted federal law by installing a barrier in the Rio Grande without obtaining the required federal authorisation,” US associate-attorney general Vanita Gupta said....
July 24, 2023
FT Swamp Notes
The loneliness of Mike Pence Premium content
...They are equally scathing about Fani Willis, the attorney-general in Fulton County, Georgia, who hired her boyfriend to help on the Trump racketeering case....
March 22, 2024
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
FirstFT
FirstFT: Biden to warn Beijing against South China Sea aggression
...Brazil’s attorney-general has demanded “urgent regulation” of social media sites after Elon Musk threatened to disobey a court order banning certain profiles on his X platform and after he called for a Supreme...
April 8, 2024
Reproductive rights
US Supreme Court to hear case on abortion pill access
...Vanita Gupta, associate attorney-general, said on Wednesday the DoJ was “glad” the high court had agreed to hear the case....
December 13, 2023
FirstFT
FirstFT: Koch-backed group drops funding for Nikki Haley
...US Supreme Court: The court hears arguments over the legality of Republican-backed state laws in Texas and Florida that constrain the ability of social media companies to curb content on their platforms...
February 26, 2024
US politics & policy
Biden administration sues Texas over floating border barrier
...“We allege that Texas has flouted federal law by installing a barrier in the Rio Grande without obtaining the required federal authorisation,” said Vanita Gupta, associate US attorney-general....
July 24, 2023
FirstFT
FirstFT: Judge blocks Elon Musk’s $55bn pay award
...“Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware,” Musk posted on X after yesterday’s decision. “I recommend incorporating in Nevada or Texas if you prefer shareholders to decide matters.”...
January 31, 2024
FT Asset Management
Ken Griffin calls the top
...Goldman’s private equity deal with China state fund warrants regulatory scrutiny, argues companies editor Anne-Sylvaine Chassany....
September 4, 2023
FirstFT
FirstFT: Benjamin Netanyahu unveils postwar plan for Gaza
...Chart of the day Texas is not generally given to pursuing socially beneficial projects....
February 23, 2024
FT Asset Management
Seduction of a fund manager
...At least eight very large US public pension funds, including Calstrs, Calpers and state funds in Wisconsin and Texas, are using borrowed cash or other leverage strategies....
January 22, 2024
The Trump machine
The Trump machine: the former president’s dash for campaign cash
...primaries, as his “anti-administrative state tsar” next year....
April 2, 2024
US presidential election 2024
Ron DeSantis campaign in turmoil as 2024 Republican primaries loom
...Former Nevada attorney-general Adam Laxalt, the chair of the super Pac’s board, also left....
December 5, 2023

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