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11 April 2025

CLIMATE FINANCE: ESG Finance at Crossroads as Political Pressures Mount

Industry faces opposing forces with President Trump’s return driving US backlash while European investors maintain commitment to sustainable principlesThe ESG investment sector is experiencing

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4 April 2025

US: Trump’s antitrust agency chief blasts EU digital rules as ‘taxes on American firms’

One of Donald Trump’s chief antitrust enforcers unleashed a blistering attack on the European Union’s flagship law that regulates big tech firms, in the latest war of words ahead of the

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4 April 2025

US: Almost all wealth is owned by top 50% of Americans. Tax cuts may deepen divide, experts say.

A recent snapshot of U.S. wealth from the Federal Reserve depicts a nation where the top 50% of households controls 97.5% of the country’s assets — a lopsided distribution that experts say could

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4 April 2025

SWITZERLAND: Transparency International Warns Switzerland Against Weakening Beneficial Ownership Register

Transparency International has urged Switzerland to refrain from diluting its proposed beneficial ownership register, cautioning that proposed changes could significantly weaken efforts to combat money

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4 April 2025

US: Small Business Victory on Beneficial Ownership Reporting

U.S. small businesses do not need to fileWhat it means: U.S. small businesses do not need to file federal Beneficial Ownership Information reports. FinCEN issued a new regulation that exempts all U.S.

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4 April 2025

NZ: Greenwashing update: rising penalties and the dawning of NZ’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

Various recent developments overseas have highlighted the growing risks of greenwashing, particularly in the context of financial services and the promotion of environmental, social, and governance

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4 April 2025

EU: EU Proposes SME Sustainable Finance Standard to Boost ESG Funding Access

The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) has unveiled a new proposal to accelerate small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) transition toward sustainable practices. The proposed “SME sustainable

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4 April 2025

UK: UK Launches World-First Nature Finance Standard to Guide Green Investment

The UK has introduced the world’s first government-backed Nature Finance Standard, aimed at increasing integrity, transparency, and investor confidence in environmental restoration projects. Released

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4 April 2025

CHINA: China’s to sell first global green sovereign bond on Wednesday

China is set to finalise its long-awaited debut global green sovereign bond on Wednesday in what is expected to be the first in a series of sales that will expand its footprint in the market at a pivotal

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4 April 2025

US: SEC signs beneficial ownership data sharing deal with DBM

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signed a data-sharing agreement on beneficial ownership data with the procurement service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) to help

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