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February 24, 2020

Three financial firms could change the direction of the climate crisis – and few people have any idea

Jan Fichtner, University of Amsterdam; Eelke Heemskerk, University of Amsterdam, and Johannes Petry, University of Warwick

Now that passive funds have eclipsed their actively managed competitors, climate finance is increasingly in some new pairs of hands.

September 12, 2019

Michael Burry was right about the bubble that caused the Global Financial Crisis. He's wrong about the next bubble being passive investment.

January 18, 2019

Jordan Schoenfeld, Georgetown University

The index fund revolutionized investing for millions. Its founder died on Jan. 16.

May 10, 2017

Jan Fichtner, University of Amsterdam; Eelke Heemskerk, University of Amsterdam, and Javier Garcia-Bernardo, University of Amsterdam

Together, three asset managers now control shares in 40% of all publicly listed firms in the United States.

Jan Fichtner
Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science, University of Amsterdam
Eelke Heemskerk
Associate Professor Political Science, University of Amsterdam
Richard Holden
Professor of Economics, UNSW
Javier Garcia-Bernardo
PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam
Jordan Schoenfeld
Accounting Faculty, Georgetown University
Johannes Petry
ESRC Doctoral Research Fellow in International Political Economy, University of Warwick