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Funds | ESG Client interviews

ESG is complex. We have interviewed major funds market operators to find out how they handle it. View our short videos.

A future facing, client centric approach to ESG is core to CMS values. We also recognise the importance of collaborating with industry peers to discuss this enormous challenge and share our knowledge and the views from the market operators.

We have interviewed our clients, asking 3 simple questions on issues such as the difference between funds framed within Art 8 and Art 9 SFDR; pre-contractual documents, website, reporting with Level 2 SFDR; taxonomy-related disclosures, etc.

Those interviews come along with a short technical update that highlights the state of the regulation. 

Funds | ESG Client interviews

Decarbonisation

Interview - Giulio Poggioli, Senior Counsel in the Funds Group at CMS Italy, and Ruben Feldman, Deputy Head of ESG Strategy and Business Development at Swisscanto Asset Management International, discuss the impact of decarbonisation in the funds sector.
Technical update - Elena Papa, Associate in the Funds Group of CMS Italy, provides a short overview on importance of decarbonisation.

ESG taxonomy-related disclosures

Interview - Giulio Poggioli, Senior Counsel in the Funds Group at CMS Italy and Donato Giannico, Country Head Italy in Raiffeisen Capital Management discuss the challenges of ESG taxonomy-related disclosures
Technical update - Elena Papa, Associate in the Funds Group of CMS Italy, provides a short overview on ESG taxonomy-related disclosures

SFDR (Art 8 and Art 9)

Interview - Aurélien Hollard, Partner and Head of the Funds Group in CMS Luxembourg discusses with José Luis del Río, Managing Partner and CEO of Arcano Asset Management the issue of a proper classification of the funds as Art 8 or Art 9 under the new SFDR.
Technical update - Julie Pelcé, Managing Associate and ESG Specialist in the Funds Group of CMS Luxembourg provides a short overview of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) that defines the difference between funds framed within Art 8 and Art 9.
Technical update - Julie Pelcé, Managing Associate and ESG Specialist in the Funds Group of CMS Luxembourg explains what impact funds are and how they are regulated by SFDR. She discusses the challenges and opportunities for impact fund managers to comply with the disclosure and reporting requirements under Article 8 or 9 SFDR.
Aurelien Hollard, Partner and Head of CMS Funds Group in Luxembourg, talks with Christoph Dreher, Enabling Qapital co-Founder and Managing Partner about SFDR from the perspective of an impact fund manager.