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DWS whistleblower Desiree Fixler says she still hasn’t got an SEC payout

Sources can be handed multi-million dollar rewards for helping the US regulator. But the former DWS sustainability head is yet to receive compensation.

Fixler tells FN she had to ‘reinvent’ herself after her firing
Fixler tells FN she had to ‘reinvent’ herself after her firing

The DWS whistleblower who helped launch a greenwashing investigation into her former employer says she hasn’t received a payout from the US regulator.

The Securities and Exchange Commission slapped the Frankfurt-headquartered asset manager majority-owned by Deutsche Bank with a $19m fine in September 2023 for “material misstatements” over its ESG investments.

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