The Commission has launched a far reaching consultation and review of SFDR, long expected by the industry. This bulletin provides an overview, as well as giving thought as to what we might see in terms of SFDR 2.0....more
9/25/2023
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The European Commission has finalised its proposed ESG-related changes to MiFID II. These are intended to fit together with SFDR, and are part of a suite of ESG related changes being made via amends to AIFMD, the UCITS...more
As the start date looms for the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under SFDR and the project disclosure regime in the Taxonomy Regulation, firms are progressing their implementation projects. This bulletin gives a...more
The most innovative and challenging aspect of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is probably the new principal adverse impacts or PAI regime. This is being introduced in stages, starting from 10 March...more
As Firms continue to implement SFDR, which applies on 10 March 2021 across the EU, our latest Great Fund Insights client alert gives further detail on the Regulatory Technical Standard and how firms can make sense of the new...more
As a further step in the roll out of its green agenda, the European Commission is shortly expected to finalise certain ESG related changes to MiFID II, AIFMD and the UCITS Directive. These will contain various requirements,...more
On 20 December 2017, the European Commission published proposals to revise the framework for the prudential regulation of investment firms.
The proposals were anticipated and are an attempt to “ensure that investment firms...more