FCA delays SDR policy statement until Q4 2023

From Q3 2023

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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The Financial Conduct Authority has delayed the publishing of the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements policy statement until Q4 2023.

In a regulatory update from CEO Nikhil Rathi and deputy governor of prudential regulation at the Bank of England Sam Woods, the watchdog said that the regime had been pushed to the end of the year. Previously scheduled for Q3, the investment labelling scheme closed its consultation in January, having received about 240 written responses. FCA director of ESG Sacha Sadan pushes back against criticisms of labelling scheme "These policy changes will help the UK's asset management sector thrive by setting standards that improve the sustainability information consumers have access to...

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