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By Kyle Brasseur2023-09-25T17:26:00
The asset management arm of Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $25 million in penalties across two separate settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) addressing alleged misstatements in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments and anti-money laundering (AML) violations.
DWS Investment Management Americas was fined $19 million as part of the ESG action and $6 million for the AML lapses, the SEC announced in a press release Monday.
Deutsche Bank has been no stranger to punishment over its AML controls, while the ESG matter received notable attention last year after then-DWS Chief Executive Asoka Woehrmann announced his resignation amid an investigation by German officials into allegations of greenwashing.
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2024-03-20T15:44:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Deutsche Bank was assessed a penalty of €50,000 (U.S. $54,000) by Germany’s financial supervisory authority for its alleged miscommunication of a 2023 information technology security incident.
2023-10-03T16:58:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The $19 million fine against DWS Investment Management Americas levied by the SEC wasn’t to punish greenwashing, experts said, but rather a penalty imposed for the firm not doing what it claimed related to its environmental, social, and governance investment strategy.
2023-09-29T20:06:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The American branch of South Korea-based Shinhan Bank agreed to pay $25 million across settlements with three separate regulators for admitted violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering requirements.
2025-03-27T13:11:00Z By Jeff Dale
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council issued penalties against PwC and a former auditor over deficiencies on work related to the 2019 financial statements of now shuttered Wyelands Bank.
2025-03-27T12:49:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Yet another government contractor has been slapped with a fine by the Department of Justice for applying lax cybersecurity defenses on sensitive government data.
2025-03-26T18:48:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The European Commission released its preliminary findings last week regarding Apple and Google not complying with the Digital Markets Act. It issued orders to both companies regarding their business practice and plans to release all of its findings next week.
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