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Impact investing too niche for a UK-style fund label, says French regulator

The market for impact investments is "too niche" for the EU to introduce a fund label as part of its review of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), France's financial markets regulator has said.

French regulator surveying 'fashionable' biodiversity funds

France's financial markets regulator is surveying disclosures by managers of funds targeting biodiversity-themed investments, as it prepares to regulate EU taxonomy reporting.

'The CSRD gives us a better legal basis to scrutinise transition plans'

Divergent approaches in transition planning and among biodiversity funds will be areas of attention for France's AMF, Jérôme Reboul tells Michael Hurley

BaFin backs replacing SFDR Articles 8 and 9, defining transition investments

Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has backed the creation of three product designations to address investor misuse of the existing Articles 8 and 9 as labels in the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

Regulator's survey of five French asset managers finds none fully compliant with SFDR

None of the five French asset managers surveyed by their regulator was fully compliant with the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), owing largely to a lack of reliable data, it has been revealed.

French regulator AMF says it would back 'say on climate' based on CSRD reports

French regulator warns of greenwashing litigation risk in transition plan guidance

ESG ratings failure lands real estate investor in hot water with French regulator

A real estate investor has been hit with the prospect of a fine for failures relating to how it used ESG scores to inform its investments.

French regulator turns mystery shopper to check asset managers live up to sustainability promises

France's financial markets regulator will conduct spot checks of asset managers to check whether their voting and engagement practices meet the standards claimed in their marketing.

French regulator says investors should have say on climate transition plans

France's financial markets regulator has backed recommendations to require listed companies to routinely present their climate transition strategy to investors for a vote at their annual general meeting (AGM).