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Are the Big Three Asset Managers Beneficial Stewards or Corporate Overlords?

Reynolds Holding

While the initial emphasis was on the “passive” nature of index funds, it has since centered on the reality that three very large managers seem to dominate the market. The Big Three hold just over 20 percent of total market capitalization in the U.S. The most recent development is Vanguard’s warning to investors that U.S.

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Unbundling Climate Change Risk from ESG

Reynolds Holding

This is because mitigating climate change risk reduces systematic risk across a portfolio of diversified investments. The disruptions associated with various realizations of climate change risk will spread across the entire economy and thus across a diversified stock portfolio; climate change risk is systematic.

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Shadow SEC: The Value of an Independent SEC

Reynolds Holding

Effective and well-designed laws governing investment and financial markets are the single most important foundation for financial markets to allocate capital efficiently while providing optimal reassurance to investors and lenders. capital markets depends upon the regulatory certainty that U.S.