Barron’s (November 26)
“Less frequent financial reporting could create a longer runway for bad actors within publicly traded companies.… Proponents of semi-annual reporting raise two main points in support of their argument—short-termism and costs. Both are too speculative, and neither seems to outweigh the potential downsides to investors of less frequent reporting.”
Tags: Bad actors, Companies, Costs, Downsides, Financial reporting, Investors, Proponents, Publicly traded, Runway, Semi-annual reporting, Short-termism, Speculative
Institutional Investor (August 23)
“Proponents and critics of ESG claim it can change society. Both will be disappointed.” During the past five years, ESG investing has taken off. “By the end of 2022, global ESG funds had attracted more than $2.5 trillion in assets.” Regardless of this clout and “whether or not asset managers are ‘woke,’ ESG doesn’t hurt oil companies or provide capital for solutions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.”
Tags: $2.5 trillion, Asset managers, Assets, Capital, Change, Climate change, Critics, Disappointed, ESG investing, Impacts, Oil companies, Proponents, Society, Woke
