The growth of environmental, social and governance-focused exchange traded funds is set to encounter difficulties as a result of increased regulatory scrutiny, leading industry figures have warned.
Marie Coady, global ETF leader and partner at PwC Ireland, told Ignites Europe she believed it would take time for index providers and managers to “work their way” through ESG regulations in terms of “rebalancing the index and closing the data gap”.
Andrea Murray, head of business development at Blackwater Search and Advisory, said the growth of ESG ETFs faced challenges as regulatory scrutiny began to “make an impact” on the product development process.