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Bloomberg Updates Tool to Navigate SFDR Moving Target
The perils of building tools to help investors navigate fast-changing regulations were highlighted last week as Bloomberg unveiled enhancements to its product for assessing companies in accordance with the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). No sooner had the updated data-packed technology been made available to the company’s clients than the EU’s leadership body, the European…
ESG Ratings Providers See Calls for Regulation Snowball
The knives are out for ESG rating firms. Often criticised for their lack of consistency in assessing companies’ sustainability and ESG performances, ratings providers are now the subject of regulatory scrutiny with UK officials last week saying such companies were failing green markets. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the opacity of the methodologies of…
Bloomberg Launches New SFDR Tool for Asset Managers
Bloomberg’s fund manager clients can access a new tool enabling them to identify assets aligned with the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The dashboard-based offering is available through Bloomberg’s Terminal.
BSI Examining Better Use of Data to Improve Firms’ ESG Performance
The drafters of a new standard to help financial companies manage their sustainability obligations and targets is also working with academics to identify how data can be better used to improve ESG performances. The British Standards Institution (BSI) has enlisted the help of universities, including Oxford, in its IMPACT programme to work out ways that…
ESG Data and Tech Summit to Reflect Pivotal Moment in Sustainable Finance
The cusp of a new era in ESG data and technology is upon us as financial institutions integrate sustainability into their everyday activities, mindful of the fact that they are not just custodians of money that will drive environmental and social change, but that are also part of the broader change project. In ESG’s next…
ESAs and ECB Call for Better Disclosures from Structured Products
European regulators and authorities have published joint statement calling for better climate-related disclosures on structured financial products. In the report, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the European Central Bank (ECB) said the lack of climate data on the securities’ underlying assets was of concern and needed addressing.
Why Data Is at The Heart of Navigating Global Regulatory Divergence
Volker Lainer, VP, Product Management and Regulatory Affairs at GoldenSource. The role of data in financial markets is constantly evolving to fit with trading trends and constant advancements in technology. Back in 2022, we saw new requirements come into force under MiFID II for banks and investment firms to integrate sustainability into their suitability assessments…
Breakthrough in European Green Bond Labelling
The European Union has agreed to create standards for its proposed green bond labelling framework, bringing one of the thorniest debates among the region’s regulators closer to a resolution. The proposed standards set the guidelines that bond issuers should follow before they can confidently describe their debt as “green”.
Free Digital Toolkit Helps Private Equity Integrate ESG
A free digital tool that helps private equity firms integrate ESG into their investment processes is hoped to boost the sustainability performance of a market to which financial institutions have huge exposure. The Investor ESG Toolkit was created by UK-based sustainability consultancy Sancroft to help PE firms identify how their investment and risk strategies stack…
EFAMA Says Green Labelling Plan is Flawed
Industry body, the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), has taken aim at one of the European Union’s regulators over proposed labelling laws for green funds. EFAMA said the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) recommendation for a numerical threshold system for grading funds’ sustainability characteristics would not eliminate greenwashing. Its offered alternative calls…