Missouri's 'Anti-Woke' Investing Rule Prompts Wall Street to Take Rare Stand in ESG Wars

Also, red state AGs back brokers' in fight against consolidated audit trail

Financial firms have done plenty of grumbling about red states’ attacks on ESG. But because the issue is so politically fraught there’s been little outright resistance, even as Republican lawmakers, attorneys general and other officials move to dump asset managers and enact novel laws and regulations that restrict “woke” investing.

That changed last week…