Floating Button
Home News Silicon Valley Bank fallout

SVB exposes 'lazy' ESG funds as hundreds bet on doomed bank

Bloomberg
Bloomberg • 5 min read
SVB exposes 'lazy' ESG funds as hundreds bet on doomed bank
SVB marketed itself as a bank for tech entrepreneurs. Photo: Bloomberg
Font Resizer
Share to Whatsapp
Share to Facebook
Share to LinkedIn
Scroll to top
Follow us on Facebook and join our Telegram channel for the latest updates.

Another market meltdown, and another costly lesson for ESG.

After being caught on the wrong side of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and the Adani scandal, hundreds of ESG fund managers are now dealing with the sting of having misjudged Silicon Valley Bank.

About 915 funds registered under European Union regulations as either “promoting” ESG or declaring it as their “objective” are exposed — directly or indirectly — to the now-collapsed bank, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

×
The Edge Singapore
Download The Edge Singapore App
Google playApple store play
Keep updated
Follow our social media
© 2026 The Edge Publishing Pte Ltd. All rights reserved.