By Aaron Nicodemus2023-10-03T16:58:00
The $19 million fine against Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month wasn’t to punish greenwashing, experts argue.
Instead, the order was a straightforward penalty imposed for not doing what the firm claimed related to its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment strategy.
On Sept. 25, the SEC announced its enforcement action against registered investment adviser DWS Investment Management Americas for the firm’s alleged marketing of itself to clients and investors as a leader in ESG without properly implementing policies and procedures that ensured such statements were not misleading.
2024-05-10T19:20:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Federal Reserve Board and six large American banks released the results of a pilot climate scenario analysis that explored how resilient the banks’ business models were to climate-related financial risks.
2023-11-29T19:49:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Financial Conduct Authority will implement a series of rules to minimize instances of “greenwashing” in the U.K. market.
2023-09-25T17:26:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
DWS Investment Management Americas agreed to pay $25 million in penalties across separate settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing alleged misstatements in environmental, social, and governance investments and anti-money laundering violations.
2025-07-26T01:58:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The SEC refused to say whether it would enforce its landmark Climate-Related Disclosure Rules in a status report filed Wednesday, deepening uncertainty as the regulation faces legal challenges.
2025-07-18T13:59:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has withdrawn its draft corporate governance framework that it released in May, after “extensive feedback” and provisions in the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” caused its authors to reconsider it.
2025-05-23T18:33:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have bolstered a conservative legal effort to dismantle environmental, social, and governance-based investment strategies from three large asset managers by claiming they illegally conspired to artificially raise energy prices.
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