… At the West Coast iteration of this event, about six months ago, former Director Grewal discussed at length what parties can do to best position themselves when advocating for cooperation credit from the SEC. I encourage you all to review the speech if you haven’t seen it. The speech distilled the message we have been very clearly conveying for…
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Invesco Advisers, Inc. for making misleading statements about the percentage of company-wide assets under management that integrated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions. The Atlanta-based registered investment adviser agreed to pay a $17.5 million civil penalty to settle the SEC’s charges. According to the SEC’s order, from 2020 to 2022,…
“You could replace Gary Gensler with pretty much anybody on earth and it would get better,” said Alex Blume, founder of crypto investment adviser Two Prime. Trump may find it legally difficult to remove Gensler, whose term ends in July 2026, as the SEC is an independent agency. Even so, Bill Hughes, senior counsel at Consensys, which was hit with…