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DWS, a German asset manager, has settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for $19 million. This settlement is over greenwashing allegations and is the SEC’s highest penalty related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria against an investment adviser. An additional $6 million penalty was imposed for anti-money laundering violations, totaling $25

BETTER FINANCE expresses concern over Deutsche Bank’s disclosure of missing Russian shares. The bank recently revealed a shortfall in the shares underlying depositary receipts (DRs), further increasing the challenges for European investors seeking to recover their investments in Russian listed companies, especially individual non-professional ones. DRs are used in international stock trading as a means

The European Commission today published its long-awaited proposal on the digital euro, marking a significant milestone in the digitalisation of public money. The document sets the stage for a democratic debate, as the project moves from its investigation phase by the European Central Bank to the chambers of the European Parliament and the Council. Cash,

The European Commission published a legislative proposal for a regulation on European green bonds, which is supposed to become the high quality voluntary European Green Bond Standard. Its intention is to use the potential of the single market for achieving the EU’s climate and environmental goals in a more efficient way.

There is a growing wave of ESG regulation and an increasing need for ESG reporting – nationally, regionally and internationally. In Europe, ESG rating and data providers are indicative of an immature but growing market, which has seen the emergence of a small number of large non-EU headquartered providers.

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) created the International Sustainability Standards Board “to provide the global financial markets with high-quality disclosures on climate and other sustainability issues.” As part of its work, the ISSB published two exposure drafts on climate-related disclosures and geenral requirements for disclosure of sustainbility-related financial information.

The Corporate Sustainbility Reporting Directive mandates for the creation of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), which require companies in scope to report on a full range of sustainbility information (environmental, social and governance). EFRAG is expected to deliver its final draft ESRS to the European Commission in November 2022. The standards are aimed at ensuring

It is part of an initiative first mooted in the Commission’s September 2020 Capital Markets Union Action Plan and designed, among other things, to “increase consumer participation in capital markets.” The the level of retail investor participation in EU capital markets remains very low. The strategy is aimed to ease difficulties for retail investors in

The Icelandic Savers Organization (ISA), the founding member of BETTER FINANCE, organised a series of lectures during 2018-2019 to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the crisis of 2008. All the lectures had the common headline “Never Again” and looked into the reasons and consequences of the crisis. The lectures focused on subjects such as the

The BBC uncovered a secret recording involving the Bank of England in the Libor rigging scandal. The recording uncovered by the BBC consists of a discussion between two bankers at Barclays, one of them saying that the government and the Bank of England were pressuring them to lower the rate they offered for the Libor. The

The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, urges financial institutions to address the dangers of climate change. Particularly he urges insurance companies to help counteract the financial shocks which climate change might trigger. He holds that investors should stress-test the effects of environmental disasters and prepare their portfolios to minimize their contribution to man-made climate

True Potential, a financial services and technology organisation, undertook research on the phenomenon of robo advisors and what some hail as the  end of face-to-face advice. They found that amongst those seeking financial advice, 61% of 16,000 consumers surveyed would still choose face-to-face professional advice compared to 32% who would opt for a digital advisory

Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, surprised friend and foe by openly criticising financial capitalism at a conference on inclusive capitalism on May 27th. Mr Carney, like many central bankers that were cornered into bailing out banks, acknowledges that the financial sector bears a large part of the responsibility for the financial

Analysis conducted by UK consumer group Which? shows that 9 out of 10 UK banks did not fully pass on last year`s interest rate rise from the Bank of England to consumers. The numbers presented by Which? were outlined in a recent article published by The Times, showing annual losses of £600 million to British

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering introducing pay and clawback measures for all regulated companies including the 2100 FCA-supervised fund groups.  The UK’s financial services watchdog response follows the Bank of England’s similar proposal last month to force bankers to repay bonuses up to six years after they have received them if misconduct, risk management failures or heavy financial losses are demonstrated.

The Bank for International Settlements, the central bank of central banks, has warned that an extremely high global debt ratio across major global economies increases the vulnerability of the financial system to the monetary tightening by the US Federal Reserve (Fed). Clarudio Borio, the bank’s chief economist, said that the warning signs are no longer

Rohan Ramchandani, senior currency trader and former head of European spot trading at Citigroup in London, was fired following a global investigation into alleged efforts to manipulate foreign exchange markets. Ramchandani, who was already on leave since October, was also a member of the Bank of England’s foreign exchange joint standing committee’s subgroup for chief dealers, a forum for banks and brokers

“Banks are too focused on executive pay and shareholder dividends and need to focus more on the rights of employees, their creditors and wider society”. Andy Haldane’s speech, the University of Edinburgh’s Corporate Finance Conference Known for his radical views, the Bank of England’s chief economist believes banks and companies can play an important role

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