27 Mar, 2024 EU authorities issue 11th hour guidance on timing for the application of MiFIR review changes By Karen Cooper Sherryn Buehlmann Benjamin Maconick The European Commission has published a draft interpretative notice to provide clarity to market participants on the transitional...
06 Feb, 2024 EU: ESG Ratings Regulation – Council and Parliament reach political agreement By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem David Ballegeer Dr Frederik Winter Silke Bernard Ngoc-Hong Ma Julia Bhatti Martin Rojahn Benjamin Maconick +6 more... Show less Following their fourth trilogue meeting, the Council and Parliament announced on 5 February 2024 provisional agreement has now been...
05 Dec, 2023 EU: SFDR RTS – ESAs final report published confirming new raft of amendments to SFDR sustainability disclosures By Raza Naeem Elliot Jack Silke Bernard Dr Frederik Winter Peter Bevan Sebastian Barling Andreas Van Impe Julia Vergauwen Anisha Desor James Morris Terry Yiangou Benjamin Maconick Premlata Fagan Jimi Piggott-Bader +11 more... Show less The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published their final report with proposed amendments to the SFDR RTS. The revised draft...
29 Nov, 2023 FCA SDR investment labels and anti-greenwashing policy statement published By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem Sebastian Barling Peter Bevan Rahul Manvatkar Rachel Barrett Julia Vergauwen Benjamin Maconick Terry Yiangou James Morris Elliot Jack Elizabeth Webb +9 more... Show less On 28 November 2023, the FCA published a policy statement (“PS”) with its final rules and guidance on its Sustainability Disclosure...
22 Nov, 2023 EU Taxonomy: Delegated Acts with TSC for remaining four environmental objectives and amending climate TSC published in Official Journal By Sara Feijao The following Delegated Acts under the EU Taxonomy were published in the Official Journal of the EU on 21 November 2023: Delegated Act...
17 Nov, 2023 UK: FCA finds that AFMs still have further to go to fully embed ‘Guiding Principles’ for ESG and sustainable investment funds By Raza Naeem Premlata Fagan Benjamin Maconick Terry Yiangou James Morris +2 more... Show less A review by the FCA has found that while most Authorised Fund Managers (AFMs) have made efforts to comply with the FCA’s expectations on...
12 Oct, 2023 ECON publishes draft report on the EU Commission’s proposed ESG Ratings Regulation By Premlata Fagan The EU Parliament’s ECON committee has in recent months been negotiating its position on the European Commission’s legislative proposal...
12 Oct, 2023 EU Commission hosts SFDR workshop: discussing the shape of a possible labelling system, merits of expanding SFDR disclosures to all products and more By Premlata Fagan When the Commission issued its consultation on the implementation of the SFDR back in September (see our earlier blog post here), it...