Regulations
By Steven Anderson
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What the FCA Actually Wants to Change. The current framework traces back to 2021, when the FCA introduced product-level reporting under…
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Who Gets to Weigh In — and When. The FCA isn't just announcing this and walking away.
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The Bigger Picture on Greenwashing and Disclosure. The proposed overhaul ties directly into the FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements, which…
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The FCA wants to tear up its current climate reporting rulebook. The regulator put forward a proposal to scrap detailed product-level climate reports and replace them with…
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The estimated saving? Around £20 million a year across the industry. That's not a rounding error.
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The current framework traces back to 2021, when the FCA introduced product-level reporting under the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures — TCFD, for short.
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Michelle Beck, director of wholesale buy-side at the FCA, put it plainly: the goal is smarter, more proportionate rules that let asset managers communicate effectively with…
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So the proposal on the table would ditch the comprehensive TCFD product reports and swap them for targeted, focused information.
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It's a pretty significant shift in philosophy. Less "here's everything" and more "here's what you need."
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The FCA isn't just announcing this and walking away. There's a formal consultation running until July 13, 2026.
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That's a fairly wide net. And it matters, because the FCA's analysis so far has already pulled in feedback from industry and a voluntary survey of firms.
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See also: FCA Shuts Down Euro Exchange Securities UK Over Financial Crime Gaps Before June 11 Court Date
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By autumn, the FCA plans to finalize and roll out the changes. No vague "future review" language here — autumn is the target, and the regulator seems to want this wrapped up…
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The proposed overhaul ties directly into the FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements, which exist partly to help retail investors spot genuinely sustainable products and…
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But there's a real tension here. Simplify too much and you risk stripping out information that actually matters.
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