Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Last week, asset management firms BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard were sued by a group of 11 Republican states, led by Texas, for allegedly breaking antitrust laws by reducing coal production and boosting electricity prices through their investments, in the highest profile lawsuit yet against the beleaguered environmental, social and governance goals industry, seeking billions in damages.

Complete your profile to continue reading and get FREE access to BenefitsPRO, part of your ALM digital membership.

Your access to unlimited BenefitsPRO content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.