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Forbes (March 24)

2022/ 03/ 25 by jd in Global News

In his latest letter to shareholders, BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink noted that “the war between Russia and Ukraine has heralded the end of globalization, as the conflict has upended the current world order that has been in place since the Cold War and will have lasting global economic consequences.”

 

Institutional Investor (January 16)

2018/ 01/ 18 by jd in Global News

“BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has written a letter to CEOs detailing his requests for corporate stewardship as the firm moves toward shareholder activism year-round…. The letter is the latest move by an asset manager to focus more on shareholder activism and environmental, social and governance criteria in investments. For instance, BlackRock competitor Vanguard Group said in an August report that it is taking a more active approach to monitoring companies in its portfolio, while a McKinsey & Co. study published in October found that asset managers no longer consider ESG a niche strategy.”

 

Bloomberg (June 11)

2011/ 06/ 12 by jd in Global News

CEO Laurence Fink of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with assets of $3.65 trillion, said the U.S. will grow more slowly (2-3% a year) than the global economy (3-5%) for most of a decade. “We will have modest growth for five to 10 years…. If we cut our deficits, I may be wrong, and they [growth figures] might be lower.”

 

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