COP27, the UN’s annual climate change conference held this year in Egypt from 6 to 18 November with about 100 heads of state in attendance, can be seen as a microcosm of the challenges and debates that have...

This blog was original published at Markets Media on October 7, 2022. 

Sustainable investing disclosures in the U.S. are currently governed by general fraud prohibitions in advertising and not by formally...

“I am superior, sir, in many ways. But I would gladly give it up to be human.” -Data

It’s an observation made by the fictional lieutenant commander in the 1987 pilot episode of Star Trek – The Next Generation....

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is rapidly progressing towards the January 1, 2023 deadline, and the industry is in the process of managing and solving a variety of challenges. Here, we...

Conversations with investment firms, management companies, fund administrators and industry attorneys have ramped up this summer as the industry prepares for the European Union’s (EU) new Packaged Retail and...

Regulatory frameworks are quickly emerging to standardize the reporting and disclosure of ESG metrics across as many as 140 jurisdictions around the world. The EU’s action plan for sustainable finance is...

A Streamlined Approach to ESG Strategy

ESG investing is at the forefront of the industry and with ESG-related regulations coming soon, having a streamlined ESG strategy in place is key for building and...

Time is running out to comply with the European Union’s (EU) new Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) reporting requirements, and adjust to new formats and content for preparing key...

Amid growing demand from socially conscious investors, asset managers have worked tirelessly over the past decade to create ESG investment vehicles. While the pandemic heightened mainstream interest in ESG,...