Frankfurt-listed asset manager included low-fee advisory assets in its calculations for years
The four Xtrackers euro-denominated investment grade corporate bond funds aim at four different maturities
Asset manager’s settlement with US regulator includes historic $19mn penalty over greenwashing allegations
Germany’s largest asset manager puts aside €21mn as it hopes to draw a line under saga ‘in the near future’
Stefan Hoops hailed proposal to pay €1mn to win business as ‘smart’ and ‘awesome’
The German asset manager is planning a ‘comprehensive’ range of crypto vehicles aimed at European investors
Appointment comes less than one year after head of Deutsche Bank’s asset manager was ousted over greenwashing scandal
Supervisory board deducts €1mn from total pay for top executives over ‘missed milestones’ in fixing internal controls
Range includes individual SDG ETFs on themes such as good health, sustainable cities and clean water
Its Solactive index seeks a 50 per cent reduction in carbon intensity compared with non-ESG equivalent
The promise of a big special dividend should underpin the stock for the coming months
New chief executive Stefan Hoops says the group should no longer be using superlatives to describe ESG strategy
Many of Xtrackers’ European rivals have seen inflows over the same period
Net inflows decline 30% in the first half of 2022 to $464bn
Asset manager is listed but German corporate structure allows parent Deutsche Bank to call the shots
The boom in ESG investing is drawing regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic
Plus, BlackRock investors take voting power, concern rises over eurozone debt, and Hubert de Givenchy’s exceptional collection
Asoka Wöhrmann set for payout despite resigning after investigations into ‘greenwashing’
Whistleblower Desiree Fixler on her greenwashing allegations against DWS
Plus, readers pitch in on that HSBC speech
Meeting financial targets is tedious but promising to save the world sounds heroic
Plus, a look at the rise of Simon Sadler’s trading empire and the fallout from greenwashing allegations at DWS
Stefan Hoops catapulted into centre of Germany’s latest corporate scandal
Asoka Wöhrmann to step down from Germany’s top asset manager at the end of next week
For regulators and hundreds of newly-minted ESG rating agencies the issue is standardisation
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