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Funds Europe: Global assets in open-end funds and ETFs with a climate-related mandate reached a record high of $644 billion in June 2025, up 8.5% from the end of last year, according to Morningstar’s data.
Portfolio Adviser: A leaked draft of the European Commission proposals for SFDR 2.0 has revealed plans to remove Article 8 and 9 labels in favour of three product categories.
Financial Post: Money managers that retreat from sustainable investment pledges are increasingly being turned away when they pitch themselves to major asset owners in Europe, according to the chief executive of Federated Hermes Inc.
Financial Post: The hedge fund industry is lobbying hard to ensure the UK excludes it from new climate regulations, after prevailing in a similar campaign in the European Union.
ESG Today: The GAIA Climate Loan Fund, co-founded by MUFG Bank, FinDev Canada and the Green Climate Fund, announced that it has raised $600 million in commitments at its first close, with proceeds to be used to fund loans primarily for climate adaptation projects in climate-vulnerable markets.
ESG Today: Investment management firm Fidelity International announced the launch of the Fidelity Global Equity Research Enhanced PAB UCITS ETF, a new fund aimed at investing in global equities to achieve income and capital growth.
Investment Executive: Cyber risk and digital resilience will top the European securities regulators’ compliance priorities in 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said.
ESG Today: Lawmakers in the European Parliament rejected a compromise agreement on forming its negotiating position on the EU Commission’s Omnibus I, which would have seen more significant reductions in the EU’s sustainability reporting and due diligence regulations than those proposed by the Commission, but less than those proposed by right-wing parties.
ESG News: France’s newly appointed development minister, Eleonore Caroit, has pledged that Paris will continue to defend the World Bank’s climate finance mandate against U.S. efforts to roll it back.
Funds Europe: If the perceived decline of ESG funds is to be reversed, asset managers need to increase their engagement with their portfolio companies.
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