Partner Sarah Cherry led the “Sector Focus: Asset Management and ESG” panel of this seven segment program. The panel focused on ESG issues as specifically related to the asset-management sector.
Key topics included:
- SEC initiatives in the ESG area as they relate to the asset management sector
- Understanding risk management issues facing the asset management sector
- “Greenwashing” and other ESG-related disclosure issues
- Fee and expense issues as they relate to ESG
- ESG-related issues facing registered funds, private funds, private credit, and limited partnerships
- Responses to ESG backlash