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US DOJ’s asset manager conspiracy concerns ‘theoretical,’ BlackRock tells judge

By Chris May ( June 9, 2025, 21:59 GMT | Insight) -- BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street could theoretically leverage their investment portfolios to manipulate coal markets without requiring coal companies’ participation in an anticompetitive conspiracy, a senior US Department of Justice competition official told a Texas federal judge overseeing antitrust litigation brought by Republican state attorneys general.Investment firms BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street could theoretically leverage their portfolios to manipulate coal markets without requiring coal companies’ participation in an anticompetitive conspiracy, a senior US Department of Justice competition official told a Texas federal judge today overseeing antitrust litigation brought by Republican state attorneys general....

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