Sustainable Investor
Regulation
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Australian Watchdog Urges Firms to Prepare for ISSB Standards
June 15, 2023Treasury to publish plans for adopting the ISSB standards in Australia in the next two weeks.
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Hope Remains for Ambitious Nature Restoration Law
June 15, 2023The EU’s key biodiversity law narrowly survived rebellion from centre-right MEPs, but votes on amendments are postponed.
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Incentives for Long-term Success
June 14, 2023With the net zero transition requiring vast sums of capital, governments and fund managers are becoming inventive to increase allocations to long-term assets.
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EU Sustainable Finance Rule-making “a Process Not an Event”
June 13, 2023“Early days” for SFDR, CSRD, says DG FISMA’s Deckers, as Commission aims to boost transition finance and ESG ratings and data transparency.
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UK Must Converge with ISSB to Avoid “Overlapping” Rules
June 5, 2023UKSIF backs “phased approach" to sustainability disclosures for SMEs to reduce compliance burden of UK’s proposed non-financial reporting requirements.
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Eurosif to Rally Investors in Support of Ambitious CSRD
June 2, 2023Proposed compromises will limit investors’ ability to make “critical” sustainable investment decisions.
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Usability and Transition Clarity Anticipated on EU Taxonomy
June 2, 2023The EC is expected to release its final draft on technical screening criteria of non-climate objectives of the taxonomy this month, but there are still market concerns on omitted sectors.
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SFDR Update “Does not Kill Innovation” – AllianzGI
May 23, 2023Frankfurt-based asset manager has introduced a new KPI-based approach to connect sustainability to its product strategy and help investors assess real-world impacts.
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FCA Listing Rules Risk Scaling Back Investor Protections
May 17, 2023The regulator’s proposals aim to attract high-growth companies to list in the UK, but may curtail shareholder rights and roll back corporate governance safeguards.
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Stewardship and Governance “Two Sides of the Same Coin” – FRC
May 11, 2023UK regulator aims to address gaps in collaborative engagement in upcoming review of the Stewardship Code.
