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Month: May 2021

Robinhood Shakes Up IPOs

Robinhood Shakes Up IPOs

Robinhood Shakes Up IPOs

The Robin Hood of English legend became a heroic outlaw by stealing from the rich to give to the poor. The Robinhood in the headlines today claims to give everyday investors access to a financial system that favors the wealthy. Facing charg...

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Coming Soon: Integrated Reporting

Coming Soon: Integrated Reporting

Coming Soon: Integrated Reporting

Readers of this blog understand the importance of ESG matters for corporations around the world. Investors, employees, customers and others want to know how issues such as climate risk and workplace diversity affect the decisions companies...

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Regulatory Machinery Can’t Stop Musk’s Market-Moving Mayhem

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Human beings can never know exactly what it feels like to be a marionette manipulated by the whims of a puppeteer. They can, however, invest in cryptocurrency and then follow Elon Musk’s Twitter account. When they do, they’ll find themselve...

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SEC Gary Gensler: Human Capital Disclosure Requirements on the Way

Gensler: Human Capital Disclosure Requirements on the Way

SEC Gary Gensler: Human Capital Disclosure Requirements on the Way

The Securities and Exchange Commission is working up a new rule that would require public companies to disclose more data about their workforces (aka “human capital”), the agency’s new chair Gary Gensler said last week. If implemented, the...

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BlackRock Boasts of Sustainability Bona Fides

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BlackRock has for years been one of the most outspoken voices pushing public companies to act as responsible corporate citizens. In a bombshell letter to corporate leaders in 2018, founder Larry Fink described a new point of emphasis in how...

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