MSCI

January 8, 2025 | Richard Goldberg, David May

MSCI Continues Anti-Israel ESG Ratings as Morningstar Removes Its Own

The reliability of the New York-based investment research firm MSCI’s environmental, social, governance (ESG) ratings for thousands of U.S. and international enterprises is undergoing critical scrutiny...

December 4, 2024 | |

Claiming ‘Ethics Concerns,’ Norway’s Sovereign Fund Divests From Israeli Telecommunications Company

Norwegian Government Pension Fund Divests From Israeli Company: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund – the world’s largest, with control of one percent of global stocks – divested...

September 11, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

MSCI’s Anti-Israel ESG Ratings Merit State and Federal Investigations

The New York-based MSCI, Inc., imposed “severe controversy” environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings on two Illinois-based companies for doing business in territories controlled by Israel,...

September 10, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

MSCI accused of using site tied to Gaza hostage holder to penalize companies doing business with Israel

August 4, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

State Laws on Israel Boycotts Hold Up in Court

The BDS movement hates these laws because they work.

May 29, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

The bonds that bind: Our adversarial sovereign bond habit

No one is obligated to help China fund its war machine. The decision to buy Chinese sovereign bonds should reside with informed investors, Elaine Dezenski and Joshua Birenbaum write.

April 12, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: April 12, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Eliminates Hamas Jabalya Internal Security Head and Hamas Military Wing Commander | IDF Eliminates Head of Hamas’s Terror Infrastructure in West Bank Town of Tubas | March-April...

April 11, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

MSCI ESG Ratings May Violate State Anti-BDS Laws

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 17 other state attorneys general sent a letter on March 28 to financial analytics firm MSCI Inc. following a report the firm may be imposing punitive environmental,...

November 6, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

Jew-Free Investing

How the BDS campaign infiltrated ESG

February 16, 2022 | Richard Goldberg, David May

Investors Should Demand Transparency From ESG Research Firms

End-of-year data show that in 2021, investment surged in stocks rated positively by financial research firms on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, which include an ever-growing list of...

October 23, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Toby Dershowitz

Turkey Returns to Financial Action Task Force ‘Grey List’

This designation shows yet again that NATO member Turkey continues to offer a permissive jurisdiction for terror finance, sanctions evasion, and money laundering under the 19-year rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party.

October 22, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Toby Dershowitz

Turkey Lands on Anti-Money Laundering Watchlist — Again

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Paris-based global money laundering and terror financing watchdog, added Turkey to its “grey list” on Thursday, placing Ankara alongside 22 other jurisdictions,...

August 23, 2021 | Matt Pottinger |

Beijing’s American Hustle

How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power