Jana Rudolf

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | William Johnson |Jana Rudolf |Ian Heath |Ashley McConnell

Germany’s largest asset manager DWS has agreed to pay a €25m ($27m) fine to settle a long-running greenwashing investigation by the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office. The fine brings an end to years of scrutiny over whether the company exaggerated the sustainability credentials of its investment products and practices. According to prosecutors, DWS showed deficiencies in its ESG-related documentation, internal controls, procedures and marketing communications.

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | Jana Rudolf |Ian Heath

Le plus grand gestionnaire d’actifs allemand, DWS, a accepté de payer une amende de 25 millions d’euros pour mettre fin à une longue enquête de greenwashing menée par le parquet de Francfort. Cette amende met un terme à des années de contrôle visant à déterminer si l’entreprise a exagéré les critères de durabilité de ses produits et pratiques d’investissement.

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |Jana Rudolf |Ian Heath |William Robins

Germany’s largest asset manager DWS has agreed to pay a €25m fine to settle a long-running greenwashing investigation by the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office. The fine brings an end to years of scrutiny over whether the company exaggerated the sustainability credentials of its investment products and practices. According to prosecutors, DWS showed deficiencies in its ESG-related documentation, internal controls, procedures and marketing communications.

1 month ago | citywire.com | Olivia Bybel |Stacy Havener |Chris Sloley |Jana Rudolf

Fund houses want growth and they look to sales leaders for that scale. The adage ‘sales is a numbers game’ makes us clamor for one-to-many initiatives in the hope of a small conversion rate. Purchased lists, mass emails, cold calls all seem to increase efficiency on paper. If we scale the volume input (and touches) high enough, the thinking goes, maybe we will get the volume output (and assets) we want. The problem? Buyers are drowning in noise. These tactics are getting ignored, deleted, or blocked.

1 month ago | citywire.com | Chris Sloley |Nour Azhar |Jana Rudolf |Joseph Eden

Allspring Investments has closed two of its equity funds, which cover small-cap innovation and a large-cap growth US equity fund after seeing assets fall below a workable level, Citywire Selector has learned. The US-based group said both funds are below the threshold which would make commercial sense for them to continue operating. Both funds were overseen by the duo of Michael Smith and Christopher Warner.