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FEP Hits Front Pages, Stands Out in Fight Against SEC Power Grab

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Our ears have been burning in recent weeks as front-page spreads raise the chatter about the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) and show just how effectively it has led the fight against the ESG juggernaut ...
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Scott Shepard: Giant Investment Houses Are Still Infinitely Partisan

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In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard makes an assertion that is likely startling to those who aren't fully paying attention: [T]he Big Three investment houses – BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard – are so ...
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BlackRock, the World’s Largest Asset Manager, Faces Charges of Discrimination

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Washington, D.C. – At today’s annual BlackRock shareholder meeting, Scott Shepard, Director of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP), presented a proposal holding the asset management behemoth accountable for its suppression of alternate viewpoints. Proposal ...
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Shareholders to Vote on DEI, Viewpoint Diversity, Overboarding and Radical Donations

Shareholders to Vote on DEI, Viewpoint Diversity, Overboarding and Radical Donations

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Washington, D.C. – Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present proposals at six shareholder meetings this week – BlackRock, Kohl’s, Home Depot, AT&T, CVS and Boeing. On Wednesday, May 15, FEP ...
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Stefan Padfield: Larry Fink's Investor Letter Ignores Elephants In BlackRock's Room

Stefan Padfield: Larry Fink’s Investor Letter Ignores Elephants In BlackRock’s Room

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"The most noticeable thing about Larry Fink’s letter to his investors is the deafening silence on ESG and BlackRock’s associated self-inflicted wounds," Free Enterprise Project Deputy Director Stefan Padfield says in a response published at RealClearMarkets. Read Stefan's entire commentary below ...
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Stefan Padfield: Shareholders Must Protect Their Voting Rights to Protect Their Profits

Stefan Padfield: Shareholders Must Protect Their Voting Rights to Protect Their Profits

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Ever wonder what an individual like you can do to push back against the woke mob that threatens to take down Corporate America -- and your investments with it? In a commentary published at Newsmax, Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Deputy ...
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Scott Shepard: Is BlackRock’s Retrenchment From ESG Real?

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Don't celebrate BlackRock's move toward apparent political neutrality quite yet. Despite reports that the investment behemoth is dissolving its ESG-labeled funds and laying off 600 employees in its ESG and sustainability departments, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard notes in ...
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Stefan Padfield: Are The Big 5 Liars?

Stefan Padfield: Are The Big 5 Liars?

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The "Big 5" of corporate governance -- BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, ISS and Glass Lewis -- are, without a doubt, carrying water for the left. In a commentary published by Newsmax, Free Enterprise Project Associate Stefan Padfield wonders if the ...
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Sarah Rehberg: Wall Street Is In Bed With Crazy Climate Activists

Sarah Rehberg: Wall Street Is In Bed With Crazy Climate Activists

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Climate Collusion With Consequences? In a commentary published by The Daily Caller, Free Enterprise Project Deputy Director Sarah Rehberg notes that "the ESG lobby has apparently done such a good job bragging about its partnerships that federal lawmakers are investigating whether ...
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FEP Turns up the Heat on the Biggest ESG Offenders

FEP Turns up the Heat on the Biggest ESG Offenders

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BlackRock, proxy advisory firms and other behemoths have been using their size and influence -- not to mention your investments -- to force other corporations to adopt a leftwing agenda. But Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard says plans are ...
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