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ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... state's fund management practices. Twenty-five American Republican state attorneys general are suing the US Department of Labor to halt new rules that would allow US-based retirement plans to consider ESG factors in their investment processes. Texas ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... social security, the treasury, comptroller of the currency, the consumer financial protection bureau and the department of Labor which oversees ERISA-regulated retirement finance. In Congress, there are also multiple committees overseeing financial services ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... creation that helps its clients meet their investing needs." News of the settlement came just hours after the US Department of Labor allowed US-based retirement plans to consider climate change and other ESG factors in their investment processes. The ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... letter was also signed by a number of not for profit organisations and individuals. It comes after the US Department of Labor sought to restrict the rules on how pension funds invest so that they would "not too readily treat ESG factors as economically ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
The US Department of Labor (DOL) is considering imposing strict rules on how pension funds invest, which could see the scope for ethical and responsible investing limited. The DOL has proposed an amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security ...

Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... planet has found itself in these days of the coronavirus pandemic. For right on the eve of "Labor Day", the US Department of Labor reports that more than 30 million Americans - around 18% of working population - applied for unemployment benefits in the ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... could send the unemployment rate as high as 15.6%, much higher than in previous downturns." According to the Department of Labor, nearly all claims cited the spreading coronavirus as the reason for their unemployment. "The COVID-19 virus continues to ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... greater transparency. In Europe and the US, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule are set to squeeze margins, the report said. Tax changes is also an issue 77% of leaders are grappling with ...

Robo-advisers expected to meet fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... regulatory framework that now requires retirement advisers are subject to fiduciary obligations under the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule. The SEC's position on the issue is continuing despite the broader push by the Trump administration to relax ...

Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... of clients in a bid to prevent the US$17 billion lost by retirement savers each year. Last Friday, the US Department of Labor partially introduced the impartial conduct standard - a fiduciary rule to curb conflicts of interest in relation to the retirement ...
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