{"id":83204,"date":"2022-11-23T01:54:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T06:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=83204"},"modified":"2022-11-23T01:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T06:50:04","slug":"goldman-sachs-asset-management-charged-for-failing-to-follow-its-policies-and-procedures-involving-esg-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/11\/2022\/goldman-sachs-asset-management-charged-for-failing-to-follow-its-policies-and-procedures-involving-esg-investments.html","title":{"rendered":"Goldman Sachs Asset Management Charged for Failing to Follow its Policies and Procedures Involving ESG Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged <strong>Goldman Sachs Asset Management,<\/strong> L.P. (GSAM) for policies and procedures failures involving two mutual funds and one separately managed account strategy marketed as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments. To settle the charges, GSAM agreed to pay a <strong>$4\u00a0million<\/strong> penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SEC\u2019s order finds that, from April 2017 until February 2020, GSAM had several policies and procedures failures involving the ESG research its investment teams used to select and monitor securities. From April 2017 until June 2018, the company failed to have any written policies and procedures for ESG research in one product, and once policies and procedures were established, it failed to follow them consistently prior to February 2020. For example, the order finds that GSAM\u2019s policies and procedures required its personnel to complete a questionnaire for every company it planned to include in each product\u2019s investment portfolio prior to the selection; however, personnel completed many of the ESG questionnaires after securities were already selected for inclusion and relied on previous ESG research, which was often conducted in a different manner than what was required in its policies and procedures. GSAM shared information about its policies and procedures, which it failed to follow consistently, with third parties, including intermediaries and the funds\u2019 board of trustees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn response to investor demand, advisers like Goldman Sachs Asset Management are increasingly branding and marketing their funds and strategies as \u2018ESG,\u2019\u201d said Sanjay Wadhwa, Deputy Director of the SEC\u2019s Division of Enforcement and head of its Climate and ESG Task Force. \u201cWhen they do, they must establish reasonable policies and procedures governing how the ESG factors will be evaluated as part of the investment process, and then follow those policies and procedures, to avoid providing investors with information about these products that differs from their practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s action reinforces that investment advisers must develop and adhere to their policies and procedures over their investment processes, including ESG research, to ensure investors receive the advisory services they would expect to receive from an ESG investment,\u201d said Andrew Dean, Co-Chief of the Enforcement Division\u2019s Asset Management Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GSAM consented to the entry of the SEC\u2019s order finding that it violated Section 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Rule 206(4)-7. Without admitting or denying the SEC\u2019s findings, GSAM agreed to a cease-and-desist order, a censure, and a $4 million penalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (GSAM) for policies and procedures failures involving two mutual funds and one separately managed account strategy marketed as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments. 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