Confronted With Republicans' ESG Attacks, SEC CorpFin Chief Stands His Ground

Also, Rep. Torres sends letter to Gensler gloating about Ripple case; Huizenga presses financial firms on proxy votes

You can say one thing about Erik Gerding, he's a boring witness. While that is likely by design, the SEC corporation finance director’s plodding, legalistic and repetitive answers to the House Financial Services’ capital markets subcommittee today served him pretty well. Republicans, who primarily hauled up Gerding to berate him about “woke” shareholder…