FBC: AFMs and Responsible Investment: Digital Meeting

Join us for this Fund Board Council member round table discussion, part of our ESG workstream designed to help Authorised Fund Managers get on the front foot in terms of meeting their responsibilities when it comes to responsible investment.

We will be joined by Claudia Chapman, Head of Stewardship at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and Mark Manning, Technical Specialist, Sustainable Finance and Stewardship, at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who will open the session. This will include discussion on:

• some common themes in responsible investing frameworks and why are they relevant to AFM boards and their regulatory responsibilities
• what asset managers are doing to align with these frameworks including insights from the FRC’s assessment of Stewardship Reports from successful (and unsuccessful) applicants to be signatories to their Stewardship Code
• the key current FCA Stewardship requirements relevant to authorised funds and AFM boards including discussion of recent FCA publications:
  • CP21/17 on TCFD reporting requirements and extending these to AFMs
  • DP21/4 on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels

Following the opening remarks from Claudia and Mark, the floor will be opened to the attendees for what we are sure will be an highly engaging discussion of how these matters are being considered on their fund boards.

Pre-meeting survey

In preparation for the meeting, and to make the discussion as relevant as possible, we would be very grateful if you could also take 2 minutes to fill in our short survey, here. All responses will be anonymous.

Register in your Fund Boards Council Member Portal here to secure your place at this interactive session, taking place at 2-3pm GMT on 7th March.