The Standard Formula Podcast | Developments on the Horizon for the UK Change-in-Control Regulatory Regime
The voluntary code aims to enhance transparency and improve comparability and reliability of ESG data and scores. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a Code of Conduct for Providers of Environmental,...more
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launched a consultation paper (Consultation Paper) last month seeking public comment on three topics: (1) ESG disclosure; (2) ESG ratings; and (3) ESG investing by mutual...more
The consultation seeks feedback on its “measures-based approach” to classifying industrial activities, as well as “Do No Significant Harm” criteria. The Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT) was convened by the...more
2023 is here and ESG developments have continued apace throughout January with ESG remaining squarely on the financial services regulatory agenda in the UK and internationally. In this edition, we share the latest key focal...more
On 18 November, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA“) published a consultation paper containing draft guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms. The deadline for comments on the...more
The UK Financial Services Authority (“FCA”) has published its long-awaited consultation paper in relation to the proposed UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels regime, which is designed to...more
The FCA has published long-awaited proposed rules for the UK’s equivalent to the EU SFDR, the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels in CP22/20 published on 25 October 2022. In the consultation, the FCA...more
Singapore’s Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT) published a second consultation paper on 12 May 2022, proposing detailed thresholds and criteria for a revised Singapore taxonomy for Singapore-based financial institutions...more
As set out in our earlier OnPoint, “Is Brexit Green?”, the UK has adopted a different approach to regulating ESG in the asset management sector compared to the EU by not “on-shoring” the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a consultation paper (the “Consultation Paper”) proposing new disclosure rules relating to diversity and inclusion on the boards and executive committees of listed...more
In November 2020, the UK government published “Roadmap” setting out its aims for mandatory climate-related disclosures across the UK economy, in a manner aligned with the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related...more
The Financial Services Act 2021 (Commencement No 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/739) have been published. The Regulations set out commencement dates for a number of provisions in the Financial Services Act 2021 (FS Act)....more
29 January - The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) (that is, the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) published two consultation papers on the mapping of external credit assessment institutions' (“ECAIs”)...more
The draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) set out detailed information relating to the content, methodology and presentation of certain environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures required under the EU...more