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Market participants applaud the SDR’s pioneering sustainable improvers label, though divergence concerns remain

A lack of clarity in language and data will cause further friction for market participants

As the year draws to a close, IFLR reviews the developing and sprawling landscape of ESG in the UK and Europe

The FCA has confirmed the cessation of two synthetic Libor settings in March next year, taking another step towards the benchmark’s full cessation

The regulation may skew the playing field in favour of unsustainable investments, especially in the absence of a brown taxonomy

As article 8 funds continue to bleed, sources stress a rise in greenwashing concerns and a growing preference for dark-green article 9 funds, while others point to overall market forces

With the first EU Taxonomy data sets now out, unstable figures attest to the difficulties of activities-based reporting

As the debate on whether the rate is needed in US dollar, market participants make a case for its use in legacy bonds