Apollo Global Management

In 2016 the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a US$53m fine against this company for several securities law violations. The company agreed to settle the case, resolving accusations that the firm misled investors. They had been charged with concealing important details from investors, failing to fully explain policies on monitoring fees, and not disclosing details about a loan they took from some of the company's private equity funds. The SEC found that the failure to disclose, coupled with hidden monitoring fees, amounted to violations of securities laws.
Source: Lehmen & Eilen (2016)

This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 34/100 in the Diversified Financial Services and Capital Markets category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 21 Oct 2022). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Source: S&P Global (2022)

JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2023 rankings JUST Capital asked a representative sample of 3,002 Americans to compare 20 different business Issues on a head-to-head basis, producing a reliable hierarchy of Issues ranked in order of priority. Issues are organised under the headings Workers, Customers, Communities, the Environment, or Shareholders & Governance. JUST Capital then define metrics that map to those issues and track and analyse the largest, publicly traded U.S. companies. This analysis powers their rankings, in which this company ranked 710th of 951 companies, and 29th of 34 Capital Markets companies.
Source: JUST Capital (2023)