ESMA Guidelines establish harmonised criteria for use of ESG and sustainability terms in fund names

May 14, 2024-Following the public statement of 14 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published the final report containing Guidelines on funds' names using ESG or sustainability-related terms.

The objective of the Guidelines is to ensure that investors are protected against unsubstantiated or exaggerated sustainability claims in fund names, and to provide asset managers with clear and measurable criteria to assess their ability to use ESG or sustainability-related terms in fund names.

The Guidelines establish that to be able to use these terms, a minimum threshold of 80% of investments should be used to meet environmental, social characteristics or sustainable investment objectives. The Guidelines also apply exclusion criteria for different terms used in fund names:

"Environmental", "Impact" and "sustainability"-related terms: exclusions according to the rules applicable to Paris-aligned Benchmarks (PAB); and "Transition, "Social" and "Governance"-related terms: exclusions according to the rules applicable to Climate Transition Benchmarks (CTB).

ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter

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ECB-Monetary developments in the euro area: November 2024

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Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, increased to 1.5% in November from 0.2% in October
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