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On 31 May 2024, a new anti-greenwashing rule is being introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) as part of its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”). We cover here the introduction of the FCA’s...more
His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have issued publications that seek to expand the application of the United Kingdom (UK) sustainability disclosure requirements (the SDR) and labelling...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) has published its Final Report on the Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the “Guidelines”). ESMA was provided with the mandates to...more
On 14 May 2024 ESMA published its long-awaited guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). The Guidelines apply three months after the date of their publication on ESMA’s website...more
The new UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) and investment labels regime for managers of funds launches in July 2024, with a phased application through to December 2026. The SDR...more
On 28 November 2023, the long-awaited UK regime for the labelling, marketing and disclosure of sustainable funds (Sustainability Disclosure Requirements or “SDR”) has been published in the Financial Conduct Authority’s...more
The UK’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has delayed the release of its policy statement setting out the final rules of the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs), leaving asset...more
On 29 March 2023, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced a delay to the upcoming policy statement on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels....more
On 10 March 2021,the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ((EU) 2019/2088) ("SFDR") came into force. This imposes environmental, social and corporate governance (“ESG”) and reporting requirements on a wide range of...more
SFDR and Asset Allocators. The European Green Deal declared climate change and environmental degradation as existential threats to Europe and the world. The European Union (EU) has set out to mobilize private financial...more
After some delay, the United Kingdom’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) has published Consultation Paper CP 22/20 (Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels)...more
Challenges create opportunities and the environmental and social challenges we currently face are no exception. In this paper we consider the opportunities provided by sustainable finance, and more specifically impact...more
In this episode, the first in our three-part EU ESG Considerations for Beginners miniseries, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Ezra Zahabi looks at the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and what it means...more
The package focuses on material sustainability reporting and disclosure obligations, as the EU looks to direct capital toward sustainable activities. On 21 April 2021, one day prior to Earth Day and a US-led global...more
Die Regelungen der Verordnung (EU) 2019/2088 des europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 27. November 2019 über nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Offenlegungspflichten im Finanzdienstleistungssektor („OffenlegungsVO“) sind im...more
As part of the EU’s strategy on climate change following the Paris Agreement of 2015, a number of EU regulations have been enacted in the past 12 months. From the fund management industry’s point of view, the two most...more
What is the law/regulation? As part of a number of regulatory initiatives being implemented in the European Union, under its action plan for financing sustainable growth, proposed amendments to AIFMD and the UCITS Directive...more
Signed by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on 27 November 2019 and published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 9 December 2019, the regulation on sustainability-related disclosures...more