Sponsors should take steps now to ensure they’re equipped once the UK’s LTAF structure goes live, argues David Genn, CEO of alternatives tech provider Goji.
Sponsors should take steps now to ensure they’re equipped once the UK’s LTAF structure goes live, argues David Genn, CEO of alternatives tech provider Goji.
The successful implementation of the newly-enforced Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) in the EU comes with many challenges – one being lack of data.
A recent study by the Rainforest Action Network claims that in the five years since the Paris Agreement, the world’s biggest banks – including the likes of BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan – have financed fossil fuels to the tune of $3.8 trillion (€3.2 trillion).
The SFDR is an EU regulation that aims to eradicate any form of greenwashing in ESG funds. Now that it has been delivered, data availability is crucial for SFDR to work.
The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation has been widely welcomed by the industry, but its implementation remains challenged. Alex Rolandi reports.
Over the past decades, Switzerland has earned a reputation as a globally relevant financial centre for the fund and asset management industry.
The Swiss financial centre in general and the Swiss asset management industry in particular are well known for high standards in terms of quality, performance and sustainability.
Regulators in the UK have given investment firms a one year deadline to improve their operational resilience.
Despite recent moves to improve EU cross-border shareholders’ rights, increasing evidence suggests that engagement barriers remain between countries, according to European non-governmental organisation Better Finance.
Fund providers are urging policymakers to require them to provide past performance information in investor documents rather than future scenarios.
