Wall St Investment Firm VanEck Proclaims “ESG Died in 2022”

You've heard of investment firms like BlackRock, and Vanguard Group, and Fidelity. But have you heard of VanEck? It's much smaller than the biggies like BlackRock, but important all the same. VanEck is a global asset manager that offers active and passive investment portfolios in hard assets, emerging markets equity and debt, precious metals, fixed income, and other alternative asset classes. The CEO of the company, Jan van Eck, recently published a provocative post on the company's website called, "ESG Died in 2022." He takes on the issue of big investors (like BlackRock) throwing their weight around with proxy voting--a default way of running a company, making it bow to your whims.

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