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Portfolio Adviser: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled plans to cut 70% of the legal text required by investment firms in an effort to “remove unnecessary burdens on firms”.
ESG News: The British Standards Institution (BSI) has introduced groundbreaking government-backed standards, the Overarching Principles Standard (BSI Flex 701), to boost investment in nature-friendly projects across the UK.
Sky News: The defence industry has long complained that environment, sustainability and governance (ESG) standards, intended to guide business impact on society, have prevented small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) raising finance.
Portfolio Adviser: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have abandoned plans to impose stricter rules for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the financial services sector to “avoid duplication and unnecessary costs”.
Funds Europe: Nearly 60% of senior UK decision-makers don’t fully understand carbon credits, despite their growing role in corporate net zero strategies, according to an Octopus Investments report.
Funds Europe: Women’s representation in UK private equity (PE) and venture capital continues to rise in 2025, with 27% of investment professionals now female, up from 24% in 2023, according to a report by Level 20 and the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA).
The Guardian: Support for shareholder proposals aimed at tackling environmental and social risks hit a record low last year, figures show, amid a “worrying retreat” by investors, particularly in the US.
ESG Today: Investment giant BlackRock announced the launch of the BlackRock BFM Brown to Green Materials Fund for UK investors, a new fund aimed at targeting overlooked opportunities stemming from the transition to a low carbon economy in the materials sector.
Funds Europe: Investment manager Schroders has secured a £5.2 billion sustainable investment mandate from UK wealth manager St. James’s Place, with the allocation transition set to begin in Q1 2025.
Pensions Age: UK pension funds are expected to be more resilient against climate change than their global peers, although some UK schemes could see their investment return declines exceeding 20 per cent from transition risks, analysis from Ortec Finance has revealed.
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