Banning Investment Managers Who Shun Fossil Fuels Is a Bad Idea.
“Texas has joined a group of states proposing legislation that would ban private investment management companies that focus on sustainable investing, to the ire of the oil and gas industry. Attorney J. Carl Cecere argues politicizing state-pension investment strategy is bad for pensioners and violates the First Amendment.”
[COMMENTARY] I agree with the writer. Not only because I’m biased towards renewable energy, but also on the basis that asset managers need to have the freedom to invest according to their client’s wishes, and so forth.
Banning Investment Managers Who Shun Fossil Fuels Is a Bad Idea, by J. Carl Cecere, June 4, 2021, Bloomberg Law, USA.