Ifølge en analyse udarbejdet af den hollandske bank ABN AMRO bryder hver sjette artikel 8 og 9 fonde de nye regler fra ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority). ABN AMRO skriver blandt andet:
“As investors show increasing interest in sustainability matters, there has been an increasing inflow of money towards funds that portray a sustainability focus. As a result, some funds have adopted sustainability-related terms in their names, as a way of promoting and attracting more attention. Although investors should consider more than a funds’ name when deciding in what to invest, the name of a fund acts as an efficient marketing tool. This might ultimately create the wrong incentives for funds that, despite not investing in sustainable companies, misuse sustainability-terms in their names.”
“Following concerns about this risk of greenwashing, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published guidelines for funds’ names (…).”
“Our analysis shows that, of the Article 8 and 9 funds with ESG-related names, at least 16% and 7% of funds, respectively, invest in companies currently excluded by the PAB, ultimately meaning that an aggregate of at least 15% of funds would need to enact some changes in order to not breach the new ESMA’s guidelines.”
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