YouTube video by The Future of Finance Podcast From the Corporation to the System: Fixing the Rules of Markets with Rick Alexander

We talked with Rick Alexander of The Shareholder Commons about universal ownership, externalities, and what it really means for investors to protect the systems their portfolios rely on.

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As Washington upends regulation and silences dissent, shareholders can fight back with system stewardship Explore the 2025 proxy voting preview and understand the impact of systems investing in an unstable regulatory environment.

The government is doing its best to eliminate rules that protect people and planet and gag anyone who objects--see #PaulWeiss and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.

Investors may provide the last line of defense against a lawless, politically suppressed economy.

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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.

THIS is good trouble!

Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

Gaslighting and lies aside, wouldn’t MAGA be in favor of condoms for Hamas?

Executive Session, Episode 9: Liz Levy-Navarro, Jane Wasman and Frederick Alexander This episode covers board oversight of a company's financial health, board effectiveness, and ESG and portfolio value.

Thanks to Bill Hayes and Directors and Boards for including me on this week's podcast. You can hear me starting at 25:30.

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Rick Alexander on LinkedIn: Scholars like Andrew King and Luca Berchicci argue we can't replicate work… Scholars like Andrew King and Luca Berchicci argue we can't replicate work of Robert Eccles George Serafeim, Aaron Yoon, Ioannis Ioannou and others purporting…

Investors need to demote alpha and focus on the economic systems in which their portfolios are embedded. www.linkedin.com/posts/rick-a...

Rick Alexander on LinkedIn: Sustainability-related risks and opportunities and the disclosure of… #CrowdSourcing for help understanding a deep cut (page 48) in International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)'s recently-released (and marvelously…

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@adamgalas.bsky.social here’s garden roast on my plate

The ISSB Puts Portfolio Materiality on the Table ISSB ADOPTS INITIAL STANDARDS WITH COMPANY-SPECIFIC MODEL OF MATERIALITY In a prior post on this Forum, I discussed the need for the International ...

"Financial disclosure is not just a numbers game; the failure to address the true cost of corporate activity means that most current financial disclosure systems neither protect investors nor promote economic efficiency. "

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Challenges like the climate and inequality are rooted in our measurement of corporate success by enterprise value and cash flow. If we don't change that norm, our fixes won't stick.

Here is our Giving Tuesday ask and a donate button. Every little bit really does help.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How to Identify and Respond to Market-wide and Systemic Risks. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Tuesday the 26th of November, 4.00 pm CET | 11.00 am EDT, Esgaia will host a webinar with industry experts providing practical insights for investors on engaging across your sphere of influence. Spea...

If you aren't busy at 10:00 am eastern time this morning, join us for a lively discussion about system stewardship, universal ownership, and what investors need to do to preserve the value of the systems in which all of ther investments are embedded.

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#NewsYouCanUse. How to utilize a systemic lens in the upcoming proxy season, systemic stewardship in the news, the ISS open comment window, and an upcoming webinar on systemic risk, all in one short newsletter. Check it out and subscribe! mailchi.mp/thesharehold...

Creating Guardrails to Protect our Common Interest Free market capitalism has made us healthier and wealthier for more than two centuries. But there is growing recognition of the costs we are paying for short-sighted business decisions that prioritize...

We have put together some information in various forms at theshareholdercommons.com/resources-pa... There are case studies on climate, poverty wages and antimicrobial resistance and other material--mostly not peer reviewed, although one paper from #EllenQuigley

House Republicans Target McBride With Capitol Bathroom Bill G.O.P. lawmakers whose leaders have pressed to roll back transgender rights around the country moved to bar Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from women’s rooms on Capitol Hill.

This breaks my heart. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...

Politics Happens | Stewardship in a Deregulatory Environment - The Shareholder Commons Last week, we learned the United States will be governed by a Republican administration for at least four years (and a Republican legislature for at least two years). While there has been some curious...

Here's my first post--blog about the importance of shareholders using their governance rights to protect the global commons in the face of an administration focused on deregulation.

If you find this interesting, please circulate. @rajtham.bsky.social

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