ESG

Gary Gensler was sworn in on Saturday as the new SEC chairman, this after the U.S. Senate approved his nomination. The Senate vote was 53-45. ...

The good news, examiners found, is that some advisers were on top of their ESG regimes. Regulators offer some tips from the best of the ...

This Risk Alert provides observations of deficiencies and internal control weaknesses from examinations of investment advisers and funds regarding ESG investing. It also provides observations ...

Would-be SEC chairman Gary Gensler had a fairly sunny day of it at his Senate confirmation hearing, but there was a brief rumble that, for ...

"But to be useful to investors, disclosures need to be meaningful. That’s particularly true for ESG-related disclosures, as they are too often inconsistent and incomparable. ...

Agenda has been dominated by ESG, diversity, and private investments of late

"To get to broad ESG disclosure mandates for issuers, we have to reimagine materiality. But reimagining materiality is the same as tossing it in favor ...

"It is entirely reasonable for a person to feel that climate change deserves immediate attention from lawmakers and still question whether the SEC mandating new disclosures from ...

“Climate change poses a major threat to U.S. financial stability, and I believe we must move urgently and assertively in utilizing our wide-ranging and flexible ...

"Fiduciaries should be mindful of these competing concerns so as not to risk undermining the foundation of how shareholders engage with corporate management .... I ...