This research examines transitioning sustainable finance into retail-facing products for EU households. While green bond supply is robust, regulatory fragmentation and distribution barriers limit participation. It recommends standardising product architecture and sustainability summaries to integrate these instruments into mainstream saving channels and increase household investment in the climate transition.

This research reveals that 40% to 60% of mutual fund families exhibit decentralised voting. While catering to diverse client preferences, internal disagreement weakens corporate monitoring, reducing director turnover following dissent. Deviating funds often charge higher fees without delivering superior financial performance, though institutional clients reward such tailoring with inflows.

This newspaper report outlines Africa's strategic agenda for COP31, emphasising the urgent need to close the climate finance gap. It highlights that while Africa requires up to $277 billion annually for climate goals, it currently receives a fraction of this, primarily through debt-creating loans rather than grants.

This report examines short-termism in UK equity markets, identifying the erosion of trust and misaligned incentives as primary causes. It recommends restoring fiduciary standards, establishing an investors' forum, and reforming executive remuneration to encourage long-term decision-making and sustainable value creation for companies and savers.

This report provides a voluntary framework for financial institutions to develop science-based net-zero transition plans. It introduces ten components across five themes, focusing on four financing strategies — climate solutions, aligned entities, aligning entities, and managed phaseout — to support the 1.5°C-aligned real-economy transition.

This report examines the fracturing of voluntary climate alliances amidst rising legal and political pressure, particularly in the United States. While many banks and asset managers are retreating from collective net-zero commitments, asset owners and European institutions remain resilient. It advocates for integrating climate risk into core fiduciary duties.

This report analyses Asian "value-up initiatives" designed to address persistent valuation discounts. Through case studies of Japan, Korea, and Singapore, it evaluates how these programmes use disclosure and reputational pressure to improve capital allocation. While enhancing transparency, they serve as complements to, not substitutes for, fundamental investor protection.

A practical framework from IOSCO designed to help financial regulators and firms manage the risks associated with AI in capital markets, focusing on governance, trading, and transparency.

This report examines the nuclear weapons policies of 15 major asset managers against their actual investments. It finds that while many institutions claim adherence to international treaties, narrow definitions allow for continued financing of nuclear producers. The study highlights significant inconsistencies, particularly in sustainable funds, regarding companies in India and Israel.

This report provides an action plan for stock exchanges to integrate nature-related considerations into capital markets. It outlines a framework—establish, activate, enable, and educate—to help market participants manage dependencies and risks while mobilising capital for nature-positive outcomes and resilient economies.

The Sustainable Investing Roadmap for Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers is a guidance series published by the US SIF Foundation. It provides financial advisers and wealth managers with educational resources, practical tools and strategies for integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations, sustainable investment approaches and client preferences into financial advice.

This report details findings from the FCA’s Early and High Growth Oversight pilot, which engaged 15 firms across the asset management, wealth management, and payments sectors. It identifies good and poor practices in governance, risk management, and financial resilience, providing guidance for firms to ensure sustainable and compliant growth.

Climate change is an immediate macro-financial force reshaping global markets. Using a quantitative framework, this research demonstrates that a 3°C warming scenario could increase the equity risk premium by 15–25% and temporarily depress real risk-free rates. It highlights structural implications for long-duration asset valuations and global financial stability.

This survey of 60 investors highlights the evolution of India's sustainable debt market, which surpassed USD60bn in issuances by late 2025. It identifies a shift towards climate opportunities, the necessity of a national taxonomy, and recommendations for regulators to implement minimum climate allocation thresholds to mobilise domestic capital.

This report analyses 54 nature investment vehicles to evaluate their effectiveness in mobilising institutional private capital. It identifies sector concentration in forestry and agriculture and highlights gaps in marine ecosystems. The findings emphasise the necessity of blended finance and technical assistance to scale nature-positive investments effectively.

This report evaluates donor-backed local currency financing solutions for emerging markets using three criteria: viability, capital market development, and cost-efficiency. It assesses the IDA Private Sector Window, TCX EU Market Creation Facility, and EBRD SME programme, concluding that broader structures and explicit market development are essential for sustainability.