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In the Age of ESG, It's No-Win for Pension Managers
In the Age of ESG, It's No-Win for Pension Managers Pity our state public pension fund managers. Imagine you’re one, charged with growing the retirement assets of millions of current and former public employees. As you evaluate different funds fo Read Full Article »
In the Age of ESG, It's No-Win for Pension Managers
Pity our state public pension fund managers. Imagine you’re one, charged with growing the retirement assets of millions of current and former public employees. As you evaluate different funds for investing the retirees’ money, you must balance your fiduciary duty of seeking the highest returns with consideration of material risk factors that could threaten those returns.
Taxing Stock Buybacks Is Politically Very Risky
AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File Share repurchases seem to be a favorite Washington scapegoat for inequality. Last December, the SEC proposed a new disclosure rule around them. The recently passed and signed CHIPS and Science Act included limits on share repurchases for firms receiving public subsidies and incentives. Now, the Inflation Reduction Act includes a one percent excise tax on share repurchases.
Taxing the Buyback of Shares Is Politically Very Risky
Share repurchases seem to be a favorite Washington scapegoat for inequality. Last December, the SEC proposed a new disclosure rule around them. The recently passed and signed CHIPS and Science Act included limits on share repurchases for firms receiving public subsidies and incentives. Now, the Inflation Reduction Act includes a one percent excise tax on share repurchases. Read Full Article »
Share Repurchases
Business Why the Employees Vs. Shareholders Debate May Mask the Broader Economic Benefits to Society By Tim Doyle Jul 27, 2022 Report As policymakers in Washington, D.C., continue to discuss the role of stakeholder capitalism in society, a growing concern is how to assess the varying interests of stakeholders.
Outsourcing Proxy Voting Is Still A Concern After SEC Rule
Law360 (May 10, 2021, 2:11 PM EDT) -- A new April report from the Manhattan Institute took an initial look at how asset managers are responding now that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finalized a rule governing the conduct of proxy advisers, and issued guidance cautioning asset managers about robo-voting, or automatically voting in line with proxy adviser recommendations.[1][2][3] Although the report showed a modest decline in robo-voting, the SEC should continue to monitor asset...
The Greater Impact of the US-China Trade Tensions
Looking into how and when these trade tensions will end By Tim Doyle Published: 2019.07.30 10:49 AM On May 10, trade tensions between the United States and China escalated with the U.S. raising tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. The current administration is also contemplating tariffs on all Chinese imports (worth $540 billion). China retaliated by announcing plans to impose tariffs on $60 billion worth of American products.
Without Human Contact Echo Voyager Operates For Months
Boeing has introduced a game changer, the Echo Voyager Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV). It’s a fully autonomous Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) with the ability to operate for months without physical human contact. It can dive to a maximum depth of 11,000 feet. One fuel module can power the UUV for a round trip of nearly 6,500 nm. Typically Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs) must be launched from a host ship or platform for launch and recovery.
Time to Regulate Proxy Advisory Firms
In the world of corporate governance, proxy advisory firms like ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) and Glass Lewis have become increasingly important. Their role advising large institutional investors on how to cast their shareholder votes on a broad spectrum of corporate governance issues has deep significance on major policies at most of America’s publicly traded companies.
As Investment Funds Politicize, Department of Labor Stops What's Anti-Investor
The Trump Administration took a major step this week to get politics out of investments, and investments out of politics. Among the government agencies with a hand in financial regulation, the Department of Labor may seem an unlikely candidate to come to the rescue of everyday investors, but this week it took action to ensure investors are protected from the political agenda of activist fund managers.
BlackRock mustn't mimic underperforming NYC pension funds
Earlier this year, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink released his annual letter to CEOs, in which he called for a greater focus on "societal impacts" by the companies in which BlackRock invests. The lengthy letter went into considerable detail to explain the firm's position, but failed to specify how this initiative will be carried out and what it means for the millions of hard-working Americans investing in BlackRock's passive index funds. But what is really behind this call to action?
BlackRock mustn't mimic underperforming NYC pension funds
Earlier this year, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink released his annual letter to CEOs, in which he called for a greater focus on “societal impacts” by the companies in which BlackRock invests. The lengthy letter went into considerable detail to explain the firm’s position, but failed to specify how this initiative will be carried out and what it means for the millions of hardworking Americans investing in BlackRock’s passive index funds. But what is really behind this call to action?
NY's Pensions Should Focus On Financial Returns, Not Politics | RealClearMarkets
NY's Pensions Should Focus On Financial Returns, Not Politics New York City's push to divest the city's pensions from fossil fuels is playing politics with retiree savings at a time when they can least afford it.
New York's Pensions Should Focus On Financial Returns — Not Politics | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD
The recent push by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer to divest the city's pensions from fossil fuels is playing politics with retiree savings at a time when they can least afford it. X Both Mayor de Blasio and Comptroller Stringer said multiple times during their announcement that divesting will "send a message" for others to follow.
Congress must come to terms on climate change regulation
No single regulation has been a bigger rallying call for climate action and the environmental movement than the Clean Power Plan (CPP). While much has been made about President Obama’s signature climate regulation and how it remedies the effects of climate change, it seems that little attention has been paid to the country’s overall climate policy and, more importantly, who decides what that is.
Kickstarter >> Frank Frazetta: WORLDS- limited edition silkscreen prints! by Tim Doyle
Nakatomi is proud to partner with Frazetta Jr. Enterprises LLC. to present this Kickstarter project!FRAZETTA: WORLDS Silkscreen Art Prints!Frank Frazetta is a name that all fantasy and comic artists know and revere. One of the founding fathers of fantasy art, the reach of his affect on popular culture cannot be underestimated. From movie posters, to album covers, to animated film- even to video game design, there is not an area of entertainment that hasn't felt his influence.
Ignoring free market principles will cost US solar jobs
Just when the American solar industry is poised to stand on its own two feet, subsidy-free, a blatant attempt to manipulate American trade law by foreign owned firms, threatens to destroy that progress. Earlier today, the International Trade Commission ruled on a Section 201 case, brought by two bankrupt solar manufacturers who are petitioning for a massive increase in tariffs on imported panels.
A Powerful Check on the Regulatory State | RealClearPolicy
The Congressional Review Act, a seldom-used law created two decades ago under Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” has emerged from the obscurity of the parliamentarian’s office to become among the three most uttered letters — CRA — on Capitol Hill. The CRA is an oversight tool that allows Congress to overturn a rule issued by a federal agency within a specified period of time.
For the Record: Proxy Process in Corporate Governance
On July 13, BPC Senior Advisor Tim Doyle testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets on the proxy process. During the hearing. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) asked for a description of the proxy process. Below further explains the testimony provided in response to that question.
The Case for Getting Politics Out of Retirement Investing
In recent years, investing based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations has become a hot-button political issue. Few acronyms have equaled ESG’s ability to increase investment capital while simultaneously creating a political firestorm. Despite ESG driving trillions of investment dollars—largely through retirement investments—and numerous corporate commitments over the last two decades, financial traction has not translated into widespread tolerance.
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