1、Click here or press enter for the accessibility optimised versionINVESTMENT&CAPITAL MARKETSQ1 2024Click here or press enter for the accessibility optimised versionFOREWORDFrom Galina DimitrovaFOREWORDAs we reflect on the first three months of 2024,I am pleased to share our latest Investmentand Capit

2、al Markets quarterly policy report.This report brings together and highlights thekey achievements and areas of focus for theIAs investment and capital markets activityover the past few months.Access to market data is a key priority for ourmembership,and this report discusses anumber of recent develo

3、pments with regardto the creation of a consolidated tape and theFCAs related consultation on payments todata providers,as well as the FCAs report onits Wholesale Data Market Study.We also continue to actively engage in allrelevant sustainability policy developments,including full support for our mem

4、bers withthe implementation of the FCAs newSustainability Disclosure Requirements(SDR)and investment labels regime,including theupcoming general anti-greenwashing rule,aswell as developments in carbon pricing andsustainability reporting.Additionally,the IAalso published our joint report with PwC onl

5、essons from the first round of reporting fromasset management firms against the FCAsrules on TCFD for asset managers.On the investment operations side,thetransition to T+1 settlement has remained akey focus.The IA has been intensely workingwith members to support firms with the NorthAmerican transit

6、ion,which goes live on 28May.We are also a member of the UKAccelerated Settlement Taskforce,whichrecently issued its report andrecommendations and are closely engagingwith the consideration of T+1 in Europe.Further details on these and many otheraspects of our work are covered in thefollowing sectio