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This policy portal provides a public interest perspective on the issues at stake and ongoing legislative debates in the field of financial regulation.

As major rules for financial institutions are set at the EU rather than national level, EU legislators play the key role. Adequate rules are of crucial importance, as the size, complexity and influence of the financial system have reached unprecedented levels. Challenges like digitalisation or accelerating climate change need to be addressed too. There is a long way to go to make finance truly serve the economy and society.

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9 PUBLICATIONS

Consultation response

26/08/2024

Sustainable Finance

Improving transparency and understandability for retail investors: A reaction to the 2024 joint ESAs’ opinion on SFDR

Consultation response

18/05/2022

Sustainable Finance

Response to consultation on IDD guidelines for sustainability preferences in suitability assessment

Consultation response

20/10/2020

Sustainable Finance

Our views on product disclosure templates under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

Consultation response

19/02/2019

Sustainable Finance

Consultation on integrating sustainability risks and factors in MiFID II

Consultation response

31/01/2019

Sustainable Finance

EIOPA consultation on integration of sustainability risks and factors

Consultation response

21/06/2018

Sustainable Finance

Consultation response on investment advice regarding ESG preferences

Position paper

02/03/2018

Sustainable Finance

Finance Watch analysis of the HLEG recommendations on Sustainable Finance

The High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on sustainable finance has published its final report* on 31st January 2018. In this note Finance Watch highlights its reaction to, and analysis of the report.

Consultation response

19/01/2018

Sustainable Finance

Consultation response on institutional investors and asset managers’ duties regarding sustainability

Position paper

16/05/2017

Sustainable Finance

Briefing paper “ESMA’s role in sustainable finance”

This briefing from seven civil society groups (E3G, WWF, CDSB, CDP, ShareAction, ClientEarth, and Finance Watch) sets out six actions that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) should undertake, as part of...

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