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  • UK Stewardship Code changes 'may be' concession to US signatories' fear of antitrust laws

    24 July 2024

    Changes to the UK Stewardship Code to remove a requirement to report annually on collaborative engagement and escalation may have been designed to assuage fears particularly among US managers at violating antitrust laws, it has been suggested.

  • People Moves, 29 September: AXA IM, Just Climate, Agilitas, General Atlantic, UKSIF... and more

    29 September 2023

  • People moves, 8 September: Apollo, IFM Investors, Axa, Adenia Partners and PRI

    08 September 2023

  • FCA labelling and disclosure framework 'clear step forward' on greenwashing

    26 January 2023

    Industry experts have welcomed the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) proposed Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and sustainable investment labels - but voiced concern at the potential impact of some of its definitions.

  • $39trn investor group urges governments to step up climate action

    13 September 2022

    533 institutional investors managing a total of about $39 trillion in assets have urged governments to enact climate policies to leverage private finance.

  • The future of sustainable finance is political

    21 February 2022

    Wrangling over the EU Taxonomy shows the future of sustainable finance is inherently political, argues Will Martindale

  • EU Platform wants 'clarity' on its role as it presses ahead with social taxonomy

    03 February 2022

    The chair of the Platform on Sustainable Finance has called for "clarity" on how the European Commission considers the expert group's advice, as controversy swirls around the Commission's inclusion of nuclear and gas in its latest proposals.

  • Investors dispute FCA labelling of sustainable products

    11 January 2022

    Cardano and UKSIF have raised concerns about the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s proposed definitions of sustainable products.

  • Introducing 'instrumental impact' and 'ultimate ends impact'

    23 July 2021

    Freshfields this week released a report on the legal implications of impact investing, which also sought to introduce new terminology to the investment niche. Peter Cripps reports

  • Harmonising ESG reporting - the search for the Holy Grail

    30 June 2021

    The quest is on, to find one standard to unite the globe! Is it destined for success or failure, asks Peter Cripps