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    RESTORING TRUST IN MARKETS: RMA Podcast Series

    Good morning, this is Ed Blount and I am speaking to you from the Center for the Study of Financial Market Evolution here in Washington, D.C. I’ve been asked by my good friends at the Risk Management Association, RMA, just up the road in Philadelphia, to offer some thoughts on “how data-based models can be used to change the negative views of financial markets that are held by some bank customers and regulators, especially in the wake of the pandemic.” So, that is an interesting question.

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    Compliance with the DOL’s New Proxy Rules May Stump ERISA Fiduciaries

    On Friday, December 11, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rules on proxy voting by ERISA fiduciaries. As proposed last August 30, the draft rules drew hundreds of responses by the ESG-directed investing community, many of which criticized the proposal as unworkable. The final version of the rules eliminates the proposal’s rigid requirements for plan sponsors to weigh the economic vs. non-economic effects before casting their proxy votes.

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