The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Goldman Sachs over its E.S.G. investment funds — funds that invest in companies that say they are committed to environmental, social and governance […]
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Back to news homeActivist Investing Has Come for Fossil Fuels. What About Guns?
The message after a mass shooting, this time at a Texas elementary school, was clear: People who want to curb gun violence should “cast their vote in November.” That was […]
S.E.C. Considers Climate Disclosure Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission has said for the first time that public companies must tell their shareholders and the federal government how they affect the climate, a sweeping proposal […]
It’s Hard to Tell When the Crypto Bubble Will Burst, or If There Is One
Despite their volatile and occasionally inscrutable nature, cryptocurrencies are becoming more widely traded, used and held — El Salvador recently started accepting Bitcoin as legal tender, the Federal Reserve is […]
A Fed Official’s 2020 Trade Drew Outcry. It Went Further Than First Disclosed.
Richard H. Clarida, the departing vice chair of the Federal Reserve, failed to initially disclose the extent of a financial transaction he made in early 2020 as the Fed was […]
Reddit files confidentially to go public
In August, Reddit raked in a hefty $410 million financing led by Fidelity, valuing it at $10 billion. It had plans to close out the round, a Series F, at […]
Trump’s Media Company Investigated Over SPAC Deal
That month, a small investment bank, Kingswood Capital Markets, which has frequently teamed up with ARC, made a presentation to Benessere’s board members. Marked “strictly private and confidential,” the presentation, […]
Will the SEC Add to Facebook’s Woes?
The internal studies that show Facebook has known about its harms to children, and its role in inciting violence and health misinformation, worry investors like Julie Goodridge, a portfolio manager […]
Google Could Be Violating Labor Laws With Pay for Temp Workers
But last year, in an company email, a Google manager said it appeared that there were 16 additional countries, including Brazil, Canada, Australia and Mexico, with some form of equal […]
Crypto’s Rapid Move Into Banking Elicits Alarm in Washington
BlockFi, a fast-growing financial start-up whose headquarters in Jersey City are across the Hudson River from Wall Street, aspires to be the JPMorgan Chase of cryptocurrency.It offers credit cards, loans […]