After the fight against climate change, finance discovers a new and significant challenge in preserving biodiversity.

ESG assets are a real challenge for investors around the world. Karim El Hnot, Deputy Head of Investment Banking at Societe Generale Morocco, in charge of Asset Management and Omar Senhaji, Head of Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) Maroc tell us more about the place it occupies in Morocco.

Amundi, a major player in European asset management, is also a pioneer in responsible impact investment. Laurence Laplane-Rigal, Head of impact investing at Amundi, tells us more about this ambition.

Sustainable investing has become common practice, however there is not one route to the final portfolio. Asset owners need to navigate not only regulatory requirements and internal KPIs*, but the breadth and depth of data, data providers and diverse approaches by asset managers. Institutional investors must identify those asset managers who master the data...

In this article, we consider how asset managers can help their clients meet their responsible investment requirements, by exploring a selection of the key challenges and considerations in this area.

The decision by the CCP* ICE Clear Europe (ICEU) to stop clearing Credit Default Swaps (CDS) at the end of October 2023 will result in the transfer of positions held by clients to another CCP. In concrete terms, these will be closed in ICEU and reopened in the new environment.

The AMF* published on 23 March 2023, an overview of SFDR** classifications introduced by the SFDR regulation on the French fund market. This assessment covers 10,600 French collective investment schemes, representing assets under management of more than €1.9 trillion at end-2021. As this assessment is based on data at end-2021, it does not take into account...

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By deploying the most ambitious regulatory framework in the world, in order to support the European Green Deal, has the European Union achieved its objectives? Given the climate crisis, social inequalities and geopolitical instability that are transforming our world, financial institutions can play a key role.

Private debt in emerging markets is a powerful asset class to add resilience, impact and diversification to an investment portfolio though it may be daunting for investors to access and understand. David Grimaud, Chief Executive Officer of Symbiotics Asset Management, explains why in this insightful article.

The African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) has gone live in November 2022 allowing interconnexion between the 7 participating African stock exchanges in South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mauritius, for cross-border trading.*

The 2018 Sustainable Finance Action Plan has been translated into ambitious regulations. As their implementation period starts, efforts made by the industry are considerable. But will this bear fruit in the long term? Asset managers stand between enthusiasm, scepticism and fear of greenwashing. Laetitia Hamon, Head of Sustainable Finance, Luxembourg Stock...

Today, investment managers must consider ESG before selecting an investment. If the concept seems obvious, turning the theory into practice becomes a tremendous challenge, both for UCITS* and alternative funds.

After the Council, which voted last December to amend the European Commission's (EC) proposal, it is up to Parliament (EP) to formalise its vision of the future CSDR Refit*.

The Pilot Regime comes into force in a few days’ time on Thursday, 23 March.