At Davos, the annual meeting of the super-rich and corporate leaders, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink talked about how difficult the whole area had become. Speaking on a panel about the political backlash from the right to BlackRock's ESG-led investing, he said: "The narrative is ugly. The narrative has created this huge polarization...For the first time in my professional career, attacks are now personal. They're trying to demonize the issues."