SFDR in Europe. Sustainability is in the Eyes of the Beholder Sustainability will be a hot topic in Europe for the years to come. Final version RTS under SFDR in Europe have been published by the European Commission just recently, making sustainability and sustainable finance one of the key priorities for the asset management industry…
ELTIF Regulation Review. Less European, more Sustainable The long-awaited European Commission proposal for the ELTIF Regulation review is now out. Taking stock of the hard facts and that the full potential of the ELTIF is still far from having been achieved, the proposal for the ELTIF regulation review is based on some laser focused measures…
God Save the UK Sustainability Disclosure Regime In conjunction with the COP26 held in Glasgow, the UK takes another step forward on the path to supporting sustainable finance with the FCA discussion paper on the UK Sustainability Disclosure Regime. Largely driven by the compelling need to build trust in the market towards investment products with…
SFDR for Non-EU AIFMs Marketing in EU. Whilst the dust settled on the first round of implementation, completed in March 2021, uncertainty lingered for a while around the applicability of SFDR for non-EU AIFMs. Notwithstanding a narrative on its extra-territorial effects, unfolded in the financial industry for a few months since introduction of the new…
First Steps to ESG Integration More than a decade from a very hard financial crisis, largely created as we know it by exclusive short-term focus on earnings and profits, we are now witnessing a radical paradigm shift in the world of investing. Starting with the asset owners at the top of the investment chain, there…
The challenges of the S in ESG investing ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is one of the hottest acronyms in the Sustainable Finance ecosystem. Not only in Europe, where it recently received official recognition in the newly established public policy framework on Sustainable Finance, but also on the other side of the…
A primer on developing an ESG Investment Policy Written in collaboration with the experts at InReg The inclusion of Environmental, Social and Governance themes within investment practices and product offering has witnessed significant momentum in the recent past. The coordinated effort to channel resources to sustainable endeavours through finance, both at global and European level,…