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"2022 Post-Election Outlook"
This article comes from Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld LLP With the 2022 midterm elections now over—save for a number of undecided...
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Dec 12, 20221 min read


"CANDIDATES MATTER 2022 - Midterm Elections: Outcomes & Implications"
This article comes from Mehlman, Castagnetti, Rosen, and Thomas While 2022 may officially be a “change election,” it was the least...
jamesmcnamee2
Dec 8, 20221 min read


"The Fed, Crypto, and Big Tech Race Post-Election Politics"
This article comes from Cozen O'Connor The election may be over, but the politics for Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell and his...
jamesmcnamee2
Dec 3, 20221 min read


"Cozen Currents: The Fed, Crypto, and Big Tech Race Post-Election Politics"
This article comes from Cozen O'Connor The Cozen Lens The election may be over, but the politics for Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome...
jamesmcnamee2
Nov 28, 20221 min read


"Polarized Electorate, Divided Government:What to Expect With the 118th Congress"
This article comes from Squire, Patton, Boggs Republicans have won a narrow House of Representatives majority, and Democrats will retain...
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Nov 25, 20221 min read


"Investor Activism Campaigns FY 2018 – H1 2022"
This article comes from S & P Global Market Intelligence Investor Activism Campaigns by Type: ESG vs. Non-ESG H1 2022 was a...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read


"The Biden Administration Releases National Security Strategy"
This article comes from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP On Oct. 12, the White House released its long-awaited National Security...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read


"EXAMINING THE EXPERIENCES OF PUBLIC PENSION PLANS SINCE THE GREAT RECESSION"
This article was published by The National Institute On Retirement Security The Great Recession, or the Global Financial Crisis (GFC),...
jamesmcnamee2
Oct 28, 20221 min read


"State Regulation of ESG Investment Decision-making by Public Retirement Plans: An Updated Survey"
This article was published in October 2022 by Ropes&Gray Ropes & Gray is actively tracking the rapidly evolving state approaches to...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read


"State Pension Contributions Hit Important Benchmark"
This article comes from the Pew Research Center Since The Pew Charitable Trusts first evaluated the fiscal health of states’ public...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read


"Diversity in the Boardroom: A Periodic Litigation and Governance Update"
This article comes from KramerLevin Efforts to increase diversity at the top of public companies remain at the forefront of corporate...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read


"Is there an 'ESG backlash' among CFOs?"
This article comes from CooleyPubCo While a recent survey of CEOs (discussed in this PubCo post yesterday) showed increasingly favorable...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read


"2023 Cost of Living Adjustments for Retirement Plans"
This article comes from JacksonLewis The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read


"Will Survivors of the First Year of the Pandemic Have Lower Mortality?"{
This article comes from The Center for Retirement Research The brief’s key findings are: In the first year of the pandemic, 300,000...
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Oct 21, 20221 min read


"State Anti-ESG Bills May Complicate Public Retirement Plan Investing"
Article taken from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. At the same time that the federal government, through the US Department of Labor, appears...
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Sep 9, 20221 min read


"Sources of fluctuations in short-term yields and recession probabilities"
Article comes from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago An inverted yield curve—defined as an episode in which long-maturity Treasury...
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Aug 31, 20221 min read


"STATE REGULATION OF ESG INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING BY PUBLIC RETIREMENT PLANS: AN UPDATED SURVEY"
This article comes from Ropes and Gray LLP. The growing divide in the ESG regulatory landscape in different states became clear with the...
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Aug 30, 20221 min read


"Geopolitical Risk Dashboard"
This article comes from Black Rock The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the most serious security situation and humanitarian crisis in...
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Aug 27, 20221 min read


"What Is Driving U.S. Inflation amid a Global Inflation Surge?"
Article taken from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago In June 2022, the 12-month inflation rate of the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI)...
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Aug 24, 20221 min read


"Comparison of pending retirement legislation"
This article comes from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP For some time, Congress has been teasing us with promises of a sequel to the...
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Aug 10, 20221 min read
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