Frederick Alexander

Dec 6, 2024 | corpgov.law.harvard.edu | Frederick Alexander

Disclosure, GHG, ISSB, SustainabilityMore from: Frederick Alexander, The Shareholder CommonsFrederick Alexander is the CEO of the Shareholder Commons.

Feb 5, 2024 | directorsandboards.com | Frederick Alexander

The intellectual foundation for the ESG pushback rests upon the mistaken belief that investment managers should prioritize financial returns at individual companies; in fact, their job is to optimizethe financial returns of investors’ entire portfolios. In the end, it is the latter that matters to their clients and beneficiaries. Thus, investment managers must prioritize the interests of portfolios over the interests of individual companies if the two diverge.

Jan 10, 2024 | institutionalinvestor.com | Angelo Calvello |Frederick Alexander |Eric Uhlfelder

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” —Cicero The investment industry is abuzz with the anticipated approval of several bitcoin exchange-traded funds. According to one source, the approval of these ETFs will foster “a more inclusive global financial landscape.

May 25, 2023 | ssir.org | Frederick Alexander

Right-leaning US politicians such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have declared war on investors who pressure companies to pay more attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. At the same time, progressives such as BlackRock’s former CIO for Sustainable Investing Tariq Fancy criticize ESG efforts as an ineffectual distraction from the policy efforts needed to create real change.