SDR: Three major impacts to look out for in 2024
Seb Beloe, partner and head of research at WHEB Asset Management, explains how SDR will change the sustainable investment market over the next year
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FCA urged to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting
Ethnicity pay gap ‘a crucial first step to raising workforce standards across the sector’
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SDR and the new investment labels: Will the data stack up?
Stewarts’ Elisa Wahnon says asset managers needs to closely look at underlying data to avoid falling foul of the rules
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Nordea’s Pedersen Q&A: Engaging with companies before we invest
Eric Pederson explains Nordea’s engagement and divestment strategy
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SDR an ‘important moment’ in building trust in the UK’s sustainable investing market
However, some concerns it creates space for greenwashing
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CCLA on SDR: ‘There will be a degree of testing, and that takes time’
CCLA’s Peter Hugh Smith and James Corah express their views on the FCA’s final policy statement
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FCA releases Sustainability Disclosure Requirements
Long-awaited SDR includes changes such as a fourth fund label, and less prescriptive stewardship and disclosure rules
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SDR and green taxonomy updates: Takeaways from UKSIF summit
Baroness Vere announces transition plan disclosure consultation and panels discuss COP28 and regulation
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Financial advisers should tell clients about 1.5 degree pathway investments
Questions over Mifid II and SDR remain but Morningstar IM’s Bragazza says advisers have ‘responsibility’ to clients
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FCA finds ESG funds ‘not meeting expectations’
Ahead of SDR the UK regulator spotlights ESG inconsistency, and lack of stewardship and governance, in retail funds
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‘Massive failure of governance’: Leadership lessons as Odey AM closes
Firm is closing following allegations of sexual harassment by its founder
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Engaging on governance more effective than tweaking listings rules
The FCA’s proposals to relax UK listings rules could lead to more listings, but to what end?