Below are our latest insights and resources to help firms keep pace with the evolving ESG landscape.

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The Added Value of Influencing Portfolio Companies’ ESG Practices

An increasing number of investors are actively working toward building stewardship policies seeking to achieve improvements from the companies in which they invest.

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  • ESG
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ACA Group Acquires Data Specialist Ethos ESG to Offer First Data Analytics Product

We’re pleased to announce that ACA Group has acquired Ethos ESG, a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings data and software for financial advisors, asset managers, institutions, and investors.

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  • ACA News
  • ESG
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ESG Regulation: What Next?

With a surge in investor interest in ESG topics, as well as numerous firms attempting to set themselves apart from their peers through their commitments to issues like climate and sustainability, regulators have been busy working to establish consistency and transparency around ESG claims. What are the FCA's expectations from firms, and what are the anticipated challenges ahead?

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  • ESG
  • Compliance
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The Importance of ESG Risk Management During Periods of Market Volatility

Those who have invested heavily in ESG risk management are likely to be better prepared to weather the current market volatility.

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  • ESG
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Looking Ahead: A Review of FCA and SEC Priorities, and What to Focus on in 2022

What are the key developments across the FCA and SEC regulatory regimes, which items should feature as priorities on your “to-do” list for the next twelve months, and how should firms respond to increased surveillance by regulators around the world?

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  • Compliance
  • FCA
  • SEC
  • ESG
  • SEC Marketing Rule
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Finding Stability in an Unpredictable World

We examine the challenges set to face firms over the next twelve months, including ESG, equivalence vs. divergence, the new world of work, transaction reporting, market surveillance, cyberthreat trends, the SEC’s new marketing rule, post-COVID recovery, the future of regulatory hosting, as well as FCA and SEC priorities.

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  • FCA
  • SEC
  • ESG
  • SEC Marketing Rule
  • Compliance

Recent ESG webcasts

The SEC’s New ESG Expectations

This webcast will address the latest updates to the SEC's expectations for ESG and share related insights from our experience.

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ESG and Responsible Investing for CCOs

Join ACA for an overview discussion about responsible investing and environment, social, and governance (ESG), and highlight ways compliance officers may be impacted by the development of a responsible investing program.

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