Published by Wall Street Journal. By Matthias Rieker and David Benoit It was a big day for Jamie Dimon and J.P. Morgan. The banking executive will remain chairman and CEO at J.P. Morgan, despite a heated fight leading up to the bank’s annual meeting. Meanwhile, the bank’s shares have hit 12-year highs, tradig […]
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Wall Street Shareholder Wishes: No Genocide or Political Contributions
Published by Wall Street Journal. By Shira Ovide It’s that time of year. Wall Street firms are prepping for their annual meetings with investors, their yearly chance to rub shoulders with the hoi polloi, otherwise known as their stock holders.These meetings also are shareholders’ one chance a year to float […]
Blood Money on Wall Street
Published by the Wall Street Journal. U.S. Fund Companies Need to Take a Stronger Stand for Human Rights By DAVID WEIDNER If there’s anything in life more important than money, it’s how we treat our fellow men and women in this world.Given the choice, we would reject profiting from criminal […]
Darfur outrage spreads to mutual funds
Published by the Wall Street Journal. Shareholders Get a Say On Ruling Out Investments With Sudan-Linked Stakes By JENNIFER LEVITZ March 12, 2008; Page C15 Many mutual-fund shareholders this proxy season will be voting on a politically charged question: whether to discourage investment in companies doing business in Sudan, whose […]
Mutual Funds and Sudan
Published in the Wall Street Journal (also here). As Darfur Rages, Nation Is New Focus For Divestment Calls By JENNIFER LEVITZ January 27, 2007; Page B1 The campaign to force companies not to invest in Sudan is moving into new territory: your mutual funds. For years, Sudan’s Darfur region has […]
