Securities and exchange commission (sec) announced on monday that it has charged deutsche bank’s investment arm dws, one of the largest asset managers in. In a landmark move, deutsche bank’s investment arm, dws, has been slapped with a €25 million ($27 million) fine by german prosecutors, marking a significant escalation in the global. Federal prosecutors, police, and financial regulators searched the premises of deutsche bank.
German prosecutors have fined asset manager dws 25 million euros ($27 million) after a lengthy probe found the firm guilty of greenwashing, or making misleading statements. Dws is braced to pay €21mn to regulators as germany’s largest asset manager tries to draw a line under multiple investigations into a greenwashing scandal that has dogged. The firm has agreed to settle an investigation by german.