1. Americans are ‘unwittingly funding’ blacklisted Chinese ... - CNN

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/investing/china-congress-blackrock-msci/index.html

    A Congressional select committee is investigating BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and MSCI, one of the biggest providers of index funds, to determine whether they are investing ...

  2. BlackRock whistleblower sues over firing, shutdown of China monitoring ...

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/blackrock-whistleblower-alleges-cover-up-search-engine-spot-chinese-investments-2024-05-20/

    BlackRock was sued for $20 million by a whistleblowing former vice president who said it fired him after he objected to a colleague's self-dealing, and was forced to shut down a search engine for...

  3. BlackRock hit by backlash after fall in environmental and social votes

    https://www.ft.com/content/dfc22003-93cc-4a4a-bb94-ac80fa6a84d5

    Liberal-leaning US pension fund leaders and politicians have warned BlackRock and other big asset managers against backtracking on their commitment to environmental, social and governance causes...

  4. US investment funds pull $13.3bn from BlackRock in anti-ESG campaign

    https://www.ft.com/content/9306c8f2-530d-45ca-a830-4d26e5a90509

    Nearly two years into a Republican campaign to punish BlackRock for insisting that climate change carries financial risk, red state investment funds have pulled about $13.3bn from the world’s ...

  5. BlackRock’s Pitch for Socially Conscious Investing Antagonizes All ...

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/business/blackrock-esg-investing.html

    Right-wing officials are attacking BlackRock for overstepping. Those on the left say the world’s biggest asset manager is not doing enough.

  6. BlackRock, MSCI draw scrutiny from US House Committee on China

    https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/blackrock-msci-face-probe-allegedly-facilitating-china-investments-wsj-2023-08-01/

    Aug 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee on China is investigating asset management giant BlackRock (BLK.N) and index provider MSCI (MSCI.N), saying they were facilitating investments...

  7. BlackRock to pay $2.5 mln fine to settle SEC disclosure charges

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/blackrock-pay-25-million-penalty-after-sec-disclosure-charges-2023-10-24/

    Oct 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission on Tuesday said it had charged BlackRock Advisors LLC (BLK.N) with "failing to accurately describe investments in the entertainment...

  8. News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition | The Guardian

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/07/blackrock-ceo-faces-call-to-step-down-amid-claims-of-hypocrisy

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  9. Misleading claims circulate on influence of BlackRock, Vanguard

    https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.34N76K4

    Misleading posts online claim that BlackRock and Vanguard control the global economy through their ownership stakes in top corporations. AFP debunks these claims and explains how the asset managers act as fiduciaries for their clients and have limited influence in corporate decisions.