Gensler says he's asked agency staff to seek additional disclosures from Chinese firms before signing off on their registration statements to sell shares.
Chief Executive Bill Stromberg is retiring after 35 years at the Baltimore-based asset management company.
The 10 largest public pension funds devote about 9% of their combined equity holdings to 20 high-carbon emitting companies, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.
The SEC chairman signals that the disclosures about the risks corporations face from climate change may appear in the mandatory filings public companies make to the agency.
While only about $1.2 billion is now tied to gauges that meet the European Commission requirements, inflows have more than doubled since January, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority.
The insurance brokerage, which couldn't convince the U.S. that the combination wouldn't restrain competition, will pay a $1 billion termination fee to Willis Towers.
The cryptocurrency's gains were sparked by speculation that Amazon might eventually accept Bitcoin as a method of payment.
Rock-bottom interest rates have fueled the biggest borrowing binge on record, and even billionaires with enough cash to fill a swimming pool are loathe to sit it out.
The bank is planning to hire more than 500 advisers in its traditional brokerage business in coming years, bringing the total in that unit to 1,000.
The financial technology platform, which provides financial advisers with access to alternative investments, saw its valuation top $800 million with the funding round led by WestCap.
