1. SFDR deadline: no EC response (yet); ‘goldplating’ alert At the time of writing, the European Commission has not  (formally) replied to the European Supervisory Authority’s request for urgent clarification of key priority issues related to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) ahead of the initial 10 March 2021 deadline. As before, this leaves ESMA unable to issue pre-emptive, collective guidance to EU fund firms outlining how they are expected to … Continue reading EU ESG rules: the global standard?