Deep in The Heart of Texas, BlackRock Gets an Earful From Some Red-State Critics

Also, Chinese companies (for now) avoid delistings; More on SEC auctions

Suffice it to say that Texas senators holding a hearing today on the “investment practices of financial services firms” weren’t too interested in hearing BlackRock executive Dalia Blass’ talking points. But they did have a lot of questions about the firm’s ties to a climate sustainability group. And why the company was “fired” by the state of Florida. A…