The Investment Climate

By Peggy Stephan | February 3, 2021

Every year since the financial crisis of 2008-09, Laurence Fink, the founder and CEO of BlackRock, has written a letter to CEO’s.  In this letter, the leader of the world’s largest asset manager outlines the priorities which his organization would like to see in the companies in which they invest.  It’s a call to action,…

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Sustainable Investing in the News

By Peggy Stephan | January 21, 2020

Recently the founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager widely known for its iShares family of exchange-traded funds, announced that his firm will be incorporating environmental sustainability as an essential factor in all their investment decisions.  In his annual letter to chief executives, Larry Fink articulated his company’s commitment to deepen their…

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