Mere weeks from submitting their homework on SDR, UK investment managers have been set their next assignment from the FCA.
While the guardrails for labelling and marketing are currently being thrashed out, the newly released discussion paper signals the broadening of the FCA's spotlight upon the sustainable investment sector. This time, governance, incentivisation and competence are the territories within view, with feedback on the 97-page tome being requested from regulated firms by 10 May. Upon the release of Finance for positive sustainable change, Sacha Sadan, director of ESG at the FCA, published an entry on the regulator's blog. 'Very strong link' between ESG performance and employees investing i...
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