Regulation Special Report

How regulators are shaping private markets and influencing investors’ approaches to sustainability.

Global regulatory developments are a potent force shaping private markets sustainability. In this report we look in detail at two different regulatory regimes that are giving private markets investors something to think about.

In Europe, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation has proved groundbreaking in its attempts to clarify for investors what their fund managers are selling; it is also ripe for reform, having proved too narrow for the many types of sustainable investment strategy on offer.

Meanwhile, California’s fledgling climate disclosure rules look like they could set the standard for US climate reporting. How will private markets firms be scoped in?