A proposal being circulated inside Wall Street’s main regulator would require that brokers in fixed-income and some derivatives—as well as those handling equities—get their clients the best deal.
The SEC said the Goldman Sachs Asset Management unit “had several policies and procedures failures involving the ESG research its investment teams used to select and monitor securities.”
The final rule includes language that clarifies plan fiduciaries can base decisions on factors they deem relevant, including “the economic effects of climate change and other ESG considerations.”