Ackman is also grandiose, controversial and even a bit odd. Betting on the death of fellow shareholders might simply be a rhetorical flourish.
On CNBC last month, Jim Cramer gave the fund manager a suggestion: "Memo to Cathie Wood, close your fund." Wood fired both barrels back at the gadfly.
Sustainable assets have soared from $639 billion in 1995 to $17.1 trillion today, according to US SIF Foundation data. That's a third of U.S. AUM.
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