regulation

You can compare the new exam request letter with one RCW shared two years ago to see DOE’s evolution regarding ESG. If your firm engages in ESG investing, or plans to, you’d be wise to eye what examiners are asking about.

Fourteen investment consultants including Meketa and Willis Towers Watson have launched a US sustainable investing alliance to ensure the speak with ‘a common voice’ that carries more weight with the regulator.

In trying to deliver investor certainty and climate relief with its Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, the EU has come up with a solution which may well do the opposite.

The EU’s classification of what counts as sustainable could lose credibility at the first hurdle if it succumbs to political compromise, writes Reynir Indahl, managing partner of Summa Equity.

Government intervention will help mobilise private capital to address global challenges, says the firm’s public affairs and impact head.

'Do what you say you’re going to do': Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis and Akin Gump talk to New Private Markets about the SEC, fiduciary duty and whether ESG will enter US law.

The US Impact Investing Alliance launches a proposal calling on the Biden-Harris administration to create a more inclusive economy.

The DoL promises that it won’t 'pursue enforcement actions against any plan fiduciary based on a failure to comply with those final rules'.

The new EU rules will require fund managers to disclose how sustainability risks are integrated into decisions and their likely impact on returns.

The rise of new reporting frameworks should help debt funds with disclosure requirements, says John Anderson, international counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton.