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What is the regulatory outlook for responsible investment funds?

  • Explain the different terminologies associated with responsible investing
  • Describe how the UK and EU rules may differ
  • To be able to explain how the rules around responsible investing may change
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Approx.30min
What is the regulatory outlook for responsible investment funds?
The responsible investing fund universe is evolving rapidly, but do advisers need to worry about the impact of regulation on their portfolios?
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After a number of years of stellar growth, responsible investment funds have struggled in both performance and sentiment terms in more recent times. 

On top of the usual market and economic uncertainties for advisers, clients and providers of investment products in this space is the potential for the regulatory environment to change, and clients to be place in products deemed unsuitable for their requirements.

This article, which comes with 30 minutes of CPD, will explore the regulatory outlook for the responsible investment universe, and how it may change in future.

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This is particularly relevant as the Financial Conduct Authority is presently preparing its own set of regulations in relation to this area of the market. 

david.thorpe@ft.com

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Approx.30min

Please answer the six multiple choice questions below in order to bank your CPD. Multiple attempts are available until all questions are correctly answered.

  1. What does Fidler say is becoming increasingly important in the responsible investing landscape?

  2. What does Hook say has happened to SFDR regulations?

  3. What does Upton say is a problem with the SFDR regulations?

  4. What does Willman say helps to create an understanding of whether an investment is meeting socially positive outcomes?

  5. According to Willman, how many "adverse indicators" are there in the SFDR legislation?

  6. Why does Wells say there needs to be a regulator?

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  • Explain the different terminologies associated with responsible investing
  • Describe how the UK and EU rules may differ
  • To be able to explain how the rules around responsible investing may change

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