River and Mercantile launches Quilter Investors-backed sustainable equity funds
Freshly promoted head of equities James Sym and portfolio manager William Lough tapped to run the strategies
SFDR
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FCA urged to move fast on ESG fund labelling to catch up with Europe
The EU put its SFDR regulation into practice earlier this year
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Corporates and investors face court over ESG failures
Litigation will increasingly become something to be added to investors’ toolkits, but fund groups should also be aware of how it can be used against them
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How have fund managers been interpreting the Article 8 label under SFDR?
Signs EU green disclosure rules have improved transparency but critics worry ‘light green’ category is too broad
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EU’s SFDR rules are a taste of things to come
While the first round of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation has been broadly welcomed by responsible investors, there are also concerns it is vague and imprecise in places
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Advisers left in limbo over ESG suitability rules post-Brexit
FCA unlikely to stray far from the EU blueprint but one expert warns sustainability rules could take up to two years to materialise