Category: STT

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

FEP Commentary /
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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State Street

Scott Shepard: Giant Investment Houses Are Still Infinitely Partisan

FEP Commentary /
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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Scott Shepard: Hate Woke Corporatism? Vote Your Shares Against It In Minutes

Scott Shepard: Hate Woke Corporatism? Vote Your Shares Against It In Minutes

FEP Commentary /
"There’s another tool to fight woke – one that shareholders can use, whether they own a few shares or millions," write Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard at The Daily Caller. For instance, in the case of the upcoming Disney ...
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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

FEP Commentary /
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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Stefan Padfield: Are The Big 5 Liars?

Stefan Padfield: Are The Big 5 Liars?

FEP Commentary /
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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State Street

Scott Shepard: Partisan Bias Shot Through Operations at Vanguard, State Street

FEP Commentary /
While BlackRock garners most of the attention for misusing other people's money to push woke ends, investment houses Vanguard and State Street -- the other members of the Big 3 -- are in many ways worse. Both of these shops ...
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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

FEP Commentary /
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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State Street Risk

State Street’s Subjective Definition of Risk Opens Executives Up to their own Risk of Personal Liability, Say Shareholder Activists

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. – At today’s State Street annual shareholder meeting, executives told the Free Enterprise Project (FEP) that the company’s climate and diversity policies are justified due to long-term risk, but FEP representatives noted that even the executives’ assessment of ...
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State Street’s Neutrality Claims Fold Under Scrutiny

State Street’s Neutrality Claims Fold Under Scrutiny

ConservativeBlog.org /
When confronted by the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP), State Street CEO Ronald O’Hanley claimed that the $3.6 trillion asset manager votes with its investors’ money objectively and free of political policy preferences. FEP Deputy Director Scott Shepard is ...
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State Street CEO Puts Personal Politics Ahead Of Investors And Clients

State Street CEO Puts Personal Politics Ahead Of Investors And Clients

Free Enterprise Project Commentaries /
Set a new place at the table, Larry Fink, Brian Moynihan & Co. Ronald O’Hanley has earned his spurs, and is ready to join you at the Roundtable of Woke Corporate Prevaricators, the Order of the Forked Tongue. O’Hanley qualifies ...
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