Investment advisors who offer funds in more than one country are used to adapting to different regulatory requirements. However, the challenges presented by the global regulation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies are presenting a particularly arduous burden. Not only do investor demands differ between countries, but regulators and other oversight bodies have imposed, or proposed to impose, different requirements that will affect approaches to investing fund assets, disclosures and marketing, including with regarding the same strategies.
In the last chapter of ESG and Sustainable Economy ManualOur lawyers, located in the Americas (United States), Asia (Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore), Australia and Europe (European Union, including Ireland, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom), provide an overview of your regional regulation by responding to the same eight questions about existing rules related to ESG and other ESG developments impacting the investment management industry.
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