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Cleared for rating: FCA sets out plan to regulate ESG rating providers

The FCA has launched a consultation on its proposed ESG regulatory regime. Beginnning June 2028, ESG ratings providers will be FCA-regulated. The approach, the regulator says, will increase investor confidence in ratings

By Atharva Deshmukh

A tale of two tests: why Britain’s VFM needs Australia’s playbook

The upcoming Pensions Bill in the UK proposes a value for money (VFM) framework for DC schemes. A similar experience in Australia – the performance test – had unintended consequences for climate solutions investing. Will the VFM repeat the performance test’s errors? or will this time be different?

SFDR 2.0: European Commission sets out proposal to revamp sustainable fund labels

The EU is planning the most significant overhaul of fund labelling since the introduction of SFDR, key changes include a separate category for transition funds, PAI reforms and the exclusion of financial advisers from SFDR

Investment Manager

Making NDCs investable: What sovereign bond investors want from COP30

Policy

‘Wrong signal’: watering down Omnibus criticised

Energy

EnergyGPT: in conversation with the IEA’s AI agent on its latest energy outlook

UK’s AR7 to increase competition for offshore wind investors

The government’s push for lower strike prices in its £1bn offshore wind auction may help consumers, but industry groups warn it risks throttling private capital flows into renewables as project economics tighten across the sector

By Miriam Onen and Mona Dohle

Young Canadians sue CPPIB over intergenerational climate risk

EU policy makers back down on transition plans amid US pressure

China’s clean energy surge puts investors on notice

Inside Australia’s billion dollar push for low-carbon fuels

“We are going to have another look at the super performance test” says Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers

Canberra consensus: will Australia’s Reform Roundtable meet investor expectations?

Banking

Collateral climate haircuts: the ECB’s new ‘climate factor’ could reshape bond portfolios

Regulation

Australia expands capacity investment scheme by 25%

Regulation

“Like swapping GPS for a paper map”: investors push back against EU’s Omnibus simplification

Clean energy impact of Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’: ‘worst-case scenario has not materialised’

European clean energy stocks rallied on Wednesday morning following news that a scaled-back version of major reforms had passed the US Senate, though some parts of the clean energy sector still face challenges

Policy

UK financial institutions to face legally binding emissions reduction targets

Pensions

‘Short-term, benchmark-hugging’: Could Australia’s YFYS rules deter climate investment?

Stewardship

‘Disappointing’ - FRC drops ESG from stewardship definition

Regulation

Why has Australia approved the North West Shelf gas project beyond 2050?

Regulation