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Aussie investors prepare for new EU rules

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... https://finance.ec.europa.eu/publications/draft-report-call-feedback-eu-taxonomy-aligning-benchmarks_en Also in early 2024, the European Commission may seek to update the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) regime. In June, the European ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... firm has now classified most of its European-domiciled open-ended funds under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). As of June 2023, 90% of assets under management were classified as Article 8 or 9 under the SFDR. Article 8 classification ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... related to climate objectives. The European Commission may seek to update the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) regime in early 2024. Also, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (the LkSG) takes effect, mandating German companies and ...

Gender pay gap a key diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting as their first Principal Adverse Impacts (PAI) disclosure report under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Under SFDR, financial market participants such as asset managers need to disclose PAIs that their investment decisions ...

Sustainable AUM tops US$30 trn despite tighter labels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investing and its related approaches. Further developments are expected as the EU's Sustainable Financial Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) and other global disclosure and labelling approaches evolve, and as data availability and quality increases. The Global ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... skills (36%). Thanks to a lack of clarity from the European Commission on its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Bloomberg Intelligence found 70% of all Article 9 ETFs were last year downgraded because they didn't meet the requirements ...

NextEnergy Capital's ESG solar fund raises $480 million at first close

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... due diligence. The fund is classified as an Article 9 Fund under Europe's Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (EU SFDR). The ten-year closed-ended vehicle targets mid double-digit returns in solar PV and energy storage infrastructure assets within ...

Infrastructure funds challenge private equity in ESG race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... dominate the ESG landscape, despite many being closed to fundraising before the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Article 8 was developed in 2021, Preqin found. "This is a signal investors are asking fund managers to improve ESG in funds ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... regulatory developments around sustainability-focused products both globally, including the SEC ESG Disclosure Guidance in the US, SFDR in the EU, and SDR in the UK as well as locally. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has identified strengthening action on greenwashing ...

CFA Societies in call for uniform ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... jurisdictions, and they are also conducting mapping work to make sure the complementary alignment is there with regimes like SFDR." The standard focuses on a framework and guidance to assist asset managers in skills development "to be able to disclose ...