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UK regulator proposes governance reforms for ESG ratings firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released proposals aimed at rebuilding trust and market confidence in ESG fund ratings. It comes as global spending on ESG data is predicted to hit $4.44 billion at the end of this year. The proposals are to address ...

UK to bring ESG ratings providers under regulation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... The UK government has put forward legislation to bring ESG ratings providers into the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). FCA welcomed the step and said it marked a significant milestone in UK's commitment to enhancing transparency and trust ...

FCA pauses plans to extend disclosure, labelling rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is pausing plans to extend its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and product labelling regime to portfolio managers, saying now is not the right time. The FCA had announced some 12 months ago that it would ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... UK has the strictest rules on anti-greenwashing and entity-level sustainability reporting, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introducing a rule requiring firms' sustainability claims to be fair, clear, and not misleading. The FCA's anti-greenwashing ...

RIAA launches Sustainability Classifications Initiative

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... scheme is closely aligned with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Article 8, UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The new certification is designed to "build trust in the marketplace," ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... would put the Australian market regulator in line with other jurisdictions. In March, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a letter to CEOs of index providers, warning them that in the FCA's general view, ESG disclosures are poor. ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... State Street Bank, and as an investigator in enforcement and financial crime division of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. Halpern will oversee JANA's fast-growing sustainability team with a focus on managing climate change risk for clients ...
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