##  [# Hot Reads: BlackRock Expands Client Voting Power](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-blackrock-expands-client-voting-power) 

 

# Hot Reads: BlackRock Expands Client Voting Power

 

 

Plus, European fund managers are urged to add coal screens.



 

 

 

 

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[**BlackRock Gives Some Clients Voting Power**](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/business/dealbook/blackrock-shareholder-voting-power.html) (New York Times)

Asset management giants have been criticized for not using its massive stakes in companies to push change.

[**Passive Managers Urged To Exclude Coal Users**](https://www.ft.com/content/4022eb1c-0553-4312-8a98-8bd2f70098a3?desktop=true&segmentId=7c8f09b9-9b61-4fbb-9430-9208a9e233c8#myft:notification:daily-email:content) (Financial TImes)

Eighty-five percent of European ETFs accounting for more than 1.9 trillion euros in assets don’t have any ESG standards.

[**US Adds 194K Jobs In Sept.**](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm) (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

It’s a huge miss from the 500,000 median estimate.

[**New ETF Issuer Targets Bond Markets**](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1tx1v5lftftfc/ETF-Veterans-From-BlackRock-SSGA-and-JPMorgan-Bet-on-Changing-Bond-Markets) (Institutional Investor)

Industry veterans from BlackRock, SSgA and J.P. Morgan are forming BondBloxx Investment Management, a bond-only ETF firm.

[**SEC Clears ETF Tracking Firms Holding Bitcoin**](https://www.pymnts.com/news/bitcoin-tracker/2021/bitcoin-daily-sec-approves-etf-companies-holding-bitcoin-el-salvador-crypto-wallet-users/) (PYMNTS.com)

The Volt Bitcoin Revolution ETF tracks companies that hold a large amount of bitcoin or derive significant revenue from the cryptocurrency.

[**Ireland Joins Global Minimum Tax Push**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/ireland-signs-onto-global-deal-seeking-to-curb-tax-avoidance-11633629646) (Wall Street Journal)

The switch in Irish policy comes ahead of a Friday meeting of 140 governments seeking to form a 15% minimum corporate tax rate.

[**Advisors Should Have Succession Plans, Most Don’t**](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/08/financial-advisors-should-have-a-succession-plan-but-most-dont.html) (CNBC)

A 2018 survey estimates 73% of advisors lack a formal succession plan.



 

 

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