“The fix was in.” That’s what the Justice Department charged against major players in the U.S. chicken industry as a hotly anticipated criminal antitrust trial got underway in Denver this week.

Citigroup Inc. returned to the social bond market with a $1 billion deal just days after it became the first Wall Street bank to agree to audit its business to determine if and how it contributes to racial discrimination.

The investment firm co-founded by Al Gore is teaming up with industry giants including Goldman Sachs Asset Management to create a new impact venture it says will target private markets with the greatest potential for rapid decarbonization.

Canada’s largest university will divest from fossil fuel companies in its C$4 billion ($3.2 billion) endowment fund by the end of the decade and aim to get its portfolio to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Ralph Schlosstein, who plans to step down as Evercore Inc.’s co-chairman and co-chief executive officer in February, said his firm is poised to expand, especially in technology banking.

McLaren Automotive Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Mike Flewitt will step down after eight years leading the closely held company, which has started a search for a successor.

A U.S. crackdown on redlining is coming — and at a particularly awkward time for the financial industry. Not only is public awareness of racial inequity heightened, bankers are also pressing government authorities to approve mergers and acquisitions at one of the fastest clips since the 2008 financial crisis.