The top Republican on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is continuing the House GOP’s larger attack on so-called environmental, social and governance investing.
Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday wrote a letter to Mark Van Der Weide, general counsel for the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, requesting information to determine whether certain asset managers seeking to apply ESG criteria to investment decisions are in violation of federal statute.
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Specifically, Comer is seeking to determine whether asset managers should be subject to certain laws — the Bank Holding Company (BHC) Act, Home Owners’ Loan Act (HOLA) and Change in Bank Control (CIBC) Act — “as a result of ESG related pledges and actions being taken pursuant to those pledges.”
Asset managers have, in recent years, been entering into so-called alliances to commit to certain climate goals. Requirements tied to such alliances, Comer wrote, “appear to manifest as control of a Regulated Company.”
