Integrating ESG Risk into the Risk Management Framework
On the 30th April 2019, the EU’s securities market regulator, ESMA, formally published technical guidance on proposed amendments to both the UCITS and AIFMD regulatory frameworks in hope of integrating sustainability risk factors into an asset managers risk management policy. Since then, the proposition has been supported with a regulatory change form of the EU taxonomy and EU Disclosure regulation. Subsequently, Asset managers should ensure not only adherence to the compliance and regulatory requirements but formally disclose their policies adopted to incorporate ESG risk in their risk management framework.