Funds

The fund has introduced a due diligence framework on social and climate performance for potential investments.

Managers grappling with FCA approvals process raise concerns over vague feedback and significant pushback from fund authorisations team.

Regulator says rules ensure consistency with benchmark regulation even as ICMA calls for special treatment of some green bonds and SLBs.

It comes as financial regulator the FSA weighs up changes to the stewardship code.

European Supervisory Authorities also propose two fund label categories for revised SFDR.

German government’s sustainable finance advisory group and France’s IFD publish joint statement on SFDR's future while ESAs' opinion is imminent.

The tool could be used to comply with climate-related disclosure requirements aligned with ISSB and internal decision-making.

The company has been removed from a list of companies associated with the manufacture of cluster munitions by ESG ratings providers.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: Phoenix Group launches Climate Aware Equity benchmarks; $1.2trn investor group writes to Amazon over workers’ rights.

Federal Council set to review revised industry rules in coming months to inform plans for tackling greenwashing.