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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG)

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ESMA Report on the Integration of Sustainability Risks and Disclosures Under SFDR

Jones Day on 7/2/2025

The funds industry continues to wait for regulators and legislators to review and fix the multiple flaws in the existing SFDR regime. In the meantime, in July 2023, ESMA launched a “common supervisory action” ("CSA”)...more

ESG Fund Names: New Regulatory Guidance and Fast-Track Procedure to Ensure Compliance by 21 May 2025

Goodwin on 1/29/2025

On 21 October 2024, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) implemented the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Guidelines regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) fund naming as...more

European Securities and Markets Authority publishes Q&As on application of guidelines on funds' names using environmental, social,...

A&O Shearman on 12/24/2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published three sets of Q&As to provide further detail on the guidelines on funds which use ESG or sustainability-related terms in their names. The guidelines relate to...more

ESMA publishes new QAs on its Fund Naming Guidelines

Walkers on 12/24/2024

On 13 December 2024, ESMA published three new questions and answers ("Q&As") which provide welcome clarification on the application of some key elements of its Guidelines on funds' names using ESG or sustainability-related...more

Final Countdown: ESMA Guidelines on Funds’ Names Using ESG or Sustainability-Related Terms

King & Spalding on 11/20/2024

Over the past few years, there has been a sharp increase in funds using environmental, social, governance (“ESG”), sustainability, impact or sustainable development goals (“SDG”) references in fund names. With this has come...more

ESMA Guidelines on Fund Names

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 11/14/2024

The recent ESMA Final Report on the Guidelines for funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the “Guidelines”) marks a critical moment for asset managers. These Guidelines aim to clarify when the use of ESG or...more

Global Legal Insights FinTech 2024: Ireland chapter

Walkers on 9/27/2024

The Irish government has been supportive of the development of the financial services sector in Ireland and this extends to fintech. The government’s strategy for the development of Ireland’s international financial services...more

Great Fund Insights: ESMA Guidelines on funds’ names: Tell me your fund name, I’ll tell you your fund strategy

A&O Shearman on 7/15/2024

On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more

ESG and EU Fund Names: ESMA’s Final Guidelines

Goodwin on 5/31/2024

On 14 May 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines ESMA34-472-440 Final Report on the Guidelines on funds names (europa.eu) on the use of ESG- or sustainability-related terms...more

ESMA publishes guidelines on establishing harmonised criteria for use of ESG and sustainability-related terms in fund names

Mayer Brown on 5/16/2024

On 14 May 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its final report on "Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms" (the "Guidelines"). The Guidelines aim to provide...more

Regulation Round Up - March 2024

Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/10/2024

Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more

Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Report - Asset Management and Investment Funds July - September 2023

Walkers on 10/18/2023

Welcome to the July – September 2023 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds. This report covers key dates and developments during the quarter, such...more

Regulation Round Up - September 2023

Proskauer Rose LLP on 10/12/2023

Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more

Names and Claims – ESMA probes use of generic ESG terms in EU funds

Walkers on 10/4/2023

Yesterday, ESMA published a risk analysis report outlining the results of its disclosure study on ESG names and claims in the EU funds industry. ESMA utilised natural language processing ("NLP") techniques to analyse the...more

Global Legal Insights Fintech 2023: Ireland

Walkers on 9/22/2023

Partners Niall Esler and Shane Martin, along with senior associate Conor Daly and trainee solicitor Coleen Wegmann, have authored the Ireland chapter for Global Legal Insights Fintech 2023. They provide an up-to-date summary...more

Regulation Round Up - June 2023

Proskauer Rose LLP on 7/5/2023

MiFIR / MiFID II: The European Parliament published a press release announcing it has reached provisional political agreement with the Council of the EU on the proposed amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...more

European Commission Clarifies Aspects of SFDR With Additional Guidance

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/24/2023

The Commission has clarified requirements for financial product classifications and the definition of “sustainable investment” under the SFDR. ...more

European Parliament Publishes Proposed Changes to AIFMD and UCITS Directives

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/23/2023

The “AIFMD II” proposals continue their progress through the EU legislative process with more detail provided, but in many areas specific criteria will not be known until Level 2 measures are developed. On 9 February 2023,...more

ESG changes to MiFID II product governance regime

A&O Shearman on 9/28/2022

The European Commission has finalised its proposed ESG-related changes to MiFID II. These are intended to fit together with SFDR, and are part of a suite of ESG related changes being made via amends to AIFMD, the UCITS...more

The rise of ESG and Sustainable Fund Finance in Europe

Walkers on 8/9/2022

Challenges create opportunities and the environmental and social challenges we currently face are no exception. In this paper we consider the opportunities provided by sustainable finance, and more specifically impact...more

ESG: New Disclosure Rules for Investment Managers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/25/2020

1. New EU and UK disclosure requirements - The new disclosure requirements for investment managers and advisers with respect to their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies will apply in the European...more

European ESG Disclosure Requirements for Asset Managers

Proskauer Rose LLP on 9/18/2020

A new European regime on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial sector will come into force from March 2021, after first being announced in 2018 during the European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable...more

New ESG Disclosure regulation: What Asset and Fund Managers need to know

A&O Shearman on 12/11/2019

1. SPEED READ - As a further development in the roll out of its green agenda, the EU has finalised a new disclosure regulation. This will require certain firms, including asset and fund managers, to comply with new rules...more

EU Sustainable Finance Regulation

White & Case LLP on 6/5/2019

The EU sustainable finance market has developed organically, guided by voluntary but universally accepted principles. According to recent research, climate change could cost up to 19 per cent. of Global GDP by the end of...more

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