Civil action by Texas Attorney General and the attorneys general of ten other states: other sanction
Fund concerned: public ESG and non-ESG funds. None of the insurance-dedicated funds in this file is named.
On November 27, 2024, the Texas Attorney General and the attorneys general from 10 other States (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, West Virginia, and Wyoming) filed a complaint against BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street (the "managers") alleging that the managers used their ownership stakes in coal companies to artificially reduce coal output in violation of various State and Federal antitrust laws. Texas also claims BlackRock made false and deceptive statements in connection with the marketing of its non-ESG ETFS. GIP was not named as a defendant in the complaint.