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CFA Institute is developing voluntary, global industry standards - CFA Institute ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products - to establish disclosure requirements for investment products with environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related features. In August 2020, it...

CFA Institute is developing voluntary, global industry standards—CFA Institute ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products—to establish disclosure requirements for investment products with environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related features. In August 2020, it released a...

On May 18, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 1B "Authorizing Transactions Involving Securities of Certain Communist Chinese Military Companies"[1] with respect to Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020, Addressing the Threat From Securities...

On 10 May 2021, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) released the proposed revisions to its 2019 Circular on green or ESG funds[1] (Draft Revised Circular). The SFC intends to update the 2019 Circular and enhance the scope and the disclosure requirements on ESG funds...

We wanted to inform you about a recent development related to Executive Order 13959. As a reminder, President Trump on November 12, 2020, issued Executive Order 13959 prohibiting by any US person "any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of...

[33490] April 22, 2021 TO: ICI Global Members ESG Task Force ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee - Asia SUBJECTS: ESG International/Global RE: Japan Launches Consultation on Revising Corporate Governance Code On 6 April 2021, the Council of...

[33188] March 12, 2021 TO: ICI Global Members ESG Task Force ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee - Asia SUBJECTS: ESG International/Global RE: ICI Submits Response to Singapore Consultation on a Green Taxonomy (Similar to EU Taxonomy) We submitted the attached response to a...

[33165] March 8, 2021 TO: ICI Members ICI Global Members Accounting/Treasurers Committee ESG Advisory Group ESG Task Force ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee - Asia SEC Rules Committee SUBJECTS: Disclosure ESG International/Global RE: IFRS...

[33160] March 4, 2021 TO: ESG Task Force ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee - Asia RE: FOR REVIEW: ICI Draft Response to Singapore Taxonomy Proposal (Similar to EU Taxonomy) Attached for your review is our draft response to a consultation from...