10th March 2021

SFDR - March 10th is not the end game

For many 10th March 2021 is seen as D-day. The date which represented the “line in the sand” for compliance with the first deadline within the Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation “SFDR”. Leading up to this date, asset managers, UCITS management companies and alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) have had to make decisions regarding their approach to sustainability risks, principal adverse impact, their remuneration policies etc. and whether they are categorising their financial products as sustainable (article 9), other ESG (article 8) or other – being those which are neither ESG nor sustainable (article 6). Yet for those who thought decisions would end on the 10th March, this is only the beginning. READ MORE on this topic from PwC Ireland.