“Riley Moore is West Virginia’s [WV] 25th State Treasurer and was elected in 2020. Born in Morgantown, Treasurer Moore started his career as a welder,” says a page on that state’s website. After taking on Blackrock and “woke capitalism” as WV Treasurer’s, Moore is now planning a run for Congress where he wants to expand his pressure against that firm, and possibly others, which operate in manufactured housing and fit the description of a significant problem in U.S. economy and politics. Per the WV Treasurer’s page on 11.29.2022, “He [Moore] received an undergraduate degree in Government and International Politics from George Mason University and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Security Studies from the National Defense University at Fort McNair.” Longtime readers of MHProNews/MHLivingNews will recall that BlackRock entered the manufactured home community sector as part of the huge private equity fund’s seemingly ubiquitous investment strategy. For better or worse, BlackRock has been part of the industry’s headlines ever since, including on the issue that Moore has raised.
Note that several of the editorial concerns raised Moore mirror issues MHProNews has been raising for years. While it may seem like crony capitalist corruption has gotten a hall pass, and it has, there are also examples such as Moore’s that clarify this point. Challenges to that corrupt collusion between public officials and private interests do occur. With that brief tee up, from the WND Newscenter to MHProNews is the following report.
WND MONEY
State treasurer who took on BlackRock plans crackdown on woke investing as congressman
It ‘could end up destroying free market capitalism in the U.S.’
By WND News Services
Published November 29, 2022 at 11:37am
By Jack McEvoy
Daily Caller News Foundation
During his time as West Virginia State Treasurer, Riley Moore prioritized combating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) standards used by large asset managers and banks that diverted capital away from fossil fuels. Now as a candidate for Congress in 2024, Moore plans to push back against these investing strategies through national legislation if he is elected.
Moore has banned five major banks from doing business with West Virginia, claiming that the banks were boycotting fossil fuel companies in order to advance a green agenda, and formed a 15-state coalition, which represents over $600 billion in assets, that vowed to stop dealing with banks that impose “boycotts” on oil, gas and coal producers. Moore told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Congress needs to create safeguards to better protect Americans and the economy from the ESG investing policies of large financial institutions like BlackRock and Vanguard.
“In Congress, frankly, there hasn’t been a concentrated effort to go after ESG,” Moore said. “This will completely remake the U.S. economy if we don’t stop it, and it could end up destroying free market capitalism in the United States.”
Moore said that he would use the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to ensure that private pension managers solely prioritize maximizing returns for their clients. ERISA regulates private pension funds to protect employees and establishes standards of conduct for both employers and investment managers to ensure that they exclusively work to maximize financial return for pensioners.
In August, 19 Republican attorneys general accused money manager BlackRock, which holds nearly $8 trillion in assets, of using its control of state pension funds to pressure companies into adopting the firms’ climate initiatives, which allegedly may have violated the firm’s fiduciary duty to its clients.
Moore told the DCNF that Congressional authority would be needed to prevent rating agencies like S&P Global from giving ESG scores to states, which affect states’ bond ratings and in turn their ability to borrow money for development projects. Although such ratings affect local governments, State Treasurers do not have the authority to stop rating agencies from using ESG scores to affect a state’s bond rating.
“We are literally in an economic extortion situation where if we don’t comply with S&P Global and their political objectives as it relates to ESG, it’s going to cost us more money to build roads, schools and hospitals,” Moore said.
Moore added that financial institutions’ use of “proxy voting” needs to be investigated by Congress as it potentially violates firms’ fiduciary duty to shareholders as well as federal antitrust laws. He noted that asset managers often have greater control over the direction of companies due to a larger share of voting power as shareholders who enlist firms to manage their funds cede their voting power to these asset managers.
“Their power comes from their voting power and the votes that they accumulate from the assets they manage, that’s how they’re able to change some board decisions as it relates to oil production at ExxonMobil or other energy companies,” Moore stated. “You’ve got to address this proxy voting issue because we’ve ceded over a lot of our voice and vote to these massive asset managers.”
Millions of shareholders invest in collections of ESG exchange-traded funds that are managed by financial institutions that can rack up proxy votes and use them to dictate high-level decisions within private companies, according to Moore. Moore also pointed out that two proxy advisors, which advise asset managers on voting proposals, Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis, account for nearly all proxy advising services, creating a duopoly and raising antitrust concerns.
Moore’s campaign announcement came after West Virginia 2nd District Republican incumbent Alex Mooney announced his 2024 Senate campaign on Nov. 15. Mooney has endorsed Moore, touting his work as State Treasurer and decision to block several large “woke” banks from investing in the state.
“We need to focus on it because ESG investing has caused energy prices to go up … they have created artificial scarcity within the market,” Moore said.
BlackRock declined to comment. Vanguard did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation. ##
Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary in Brief
Thanks in good measure to investors such as Warren Buffett/Berkshire Hathaway, William “Bill” Gates III, George Soros, BlackRock, BlackStone, Carlyle, Vanguard, and other large private equity funds, behind the veneer of what some may think of as ‘normal’ free enterprise lurks what Moore and others have warned about. Namely, a stealthy manipulation of the economic and political systems that underpin much of the U.S.A. These directly impact housing, including manufactured housing. To learn more, see the linked and related reports.
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Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the evening of 11.29.2022
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- NOTE 1: The 3rd chart above includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
- NOTE 2: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
- NOTE 3: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm. Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.
- Note 4: some recent or related reports to the equities named above follow.
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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.
Tony earned a journalism scholarship along with numerous awards in history. There have been several awards and honors and also recognition in manufactured housing. For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. He’s a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com. This article reflects the LLC’s and/or the writer’s position and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.
