BlackRock pauses corporate meetings in wake of new ESG rules

(Reuters) – BlackRock has temporarily paused meetings with some portfolio companies while studying the impact of new reporting rules from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter. The top U.S. asset manager is among those affected by a recent SEC interpretation requiring fund firms to file more extensive ownership…

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Analysis-Trump’s SEC leader shifts power from investors to boardrooms

By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – New policies from the top U.S. securities regulator hand corporate boards more power over investors in ways that could curtail investor-initiated reform efforts on everything from climate policy to director contests, experts say. Since last month when U.S. President Donald Trump named Mark Uyeda acting chair of the Securities and…

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US judge blocks Trump from removing Democrat from government workplace board

(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a Democrat who served as the chair of a U.S. agency that hears appeals by federal government employees when they are fired or disciplined to be temporarily reinstated after Republican U.S. President Donald Trump fired her. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington issued a temporary restraining…

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