SEC Extends Compliance Timelines for Anti-Greenwashing “Names Rule”

On March 14, 2025, SEC announced an extension of the effective date of the agency’s “Names Rule.” That rule, adopted September 20, 2023, requires investment funds with names that suggest their objectives—like “ESG”—to actually align their portfolios with those objectives. Under this extension, funds with more than $1 billion in assets have an additional six months to comply; other funds have an additional year to come into compliance.