Texas lawmakers pressed finance industry executives they summoned to a remote corner of the state for a hearing Thursday, questioning whether their environmental, social and governance policies are hindering state pension investments.
Major Wall Street firms such as BlackRock were grilled by the Texas Legislature on Thursday about their ESG investment practices with state pensions, marking a rare opportunity for Republicans to publicly interrogate some of the world's largest financial institutions that they accuse of being woke.
A deep-dive into next year s macroeconomic trends foresees a global market shrouded in uncertainty. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has published this year s Global Market Outlook: Navigating a