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Gensler to depart SEC

Invesco to pay SEC fine for charge that it overstated ESG assets under management

Invesco has agreed to pay a $17.5 million fine to settle a charge by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it misled clients by claiming that a higher percentage of its assets were 'ESG-integrated' than the investor could prove.

WisdomTree to pay $4m SEC fine for 'failing to adhere to' its own ESG criteria

WisdomTree has agreed to pay a $4 million fine after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found it had "misstated" that funds did not invest in companies involved in fossil fuels and tobacco.

SEC disbands ESG enforcement division

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disbanded the Climate and ESG Task Force within its division of enforcement, as the agency battles criticism that its focus on sustainability represents mission creep.

California attorney general backs SEC climate rule in legal filing

US states urge FASB not to include SEC rules in accounting standards

Financial officers in 22 US states have urged the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) not to incorporate the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s climate-disclosure rules "or any similar climate-related criteria" into US accounting standards.

Criticism of climate rule 'lacks merit', SEC argues

WisdomTree faces possible enforcement action by SEC over ESG funds

SEC urged to finalise anti-greenwashing rule by Democrats

Court blocks legal challenge of SEC ESG proxy vote rule