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Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin – 4 January 2024 Includes developments in relation to: climate-related risks; cyber resilience; EU taxonomy; CSDDD; transition finance; mutual recognition between UK and Switzerland; CRR III; CRD VI; SSM; open banking; ESG; EMIR; digital securities sandbox; UK listings;...
PS23/16 - FCA publishes final rules on sustainability disclosure requirements and investment labelling Following its consultation CP22/20 issued in October 2022, the FCA has finally published its Policy Statement setting out its final rules and guidance on sustainability disclosure requirements and investment labelling for sustainable investment products...
FCA publishes Discussion Paper DP23/2: Updating and improving the UK regime for asset management This briefing provides a summary of some of the areas of reform covered in the FCA's recently published discussion paper DP 23/2 (February 2023) on upgrading and improving the UK asset management regime. Some initial thoughts on the themes emerging...
Asset Management – Hot Topics, Winter 2022 Our Winter 2022 edition of the Asset Management Hot Topic series covers some of the key developments affecting the sector including the FCA's Consumer Duty, ongoing regulatory developments relating to ESG and the retailisation of private capital.
FCA CP22/20: Raising the bar to build trust A briefing providing an overview of the FCA's proposals in CP22/20 on sustainability disclosure requirements and investment labels and discussing some of the issues arising from the proposals
Asset Management – Hot Topics, Winter 2021 Many of the themes discussed in our previous Spring 2021 edition remain relevant, and issues such as ESG and sustainability continue to dominate the sector.
COP26 Highlights pressures on corporates and finance to go green As COP26 draws to a close this week, it has sharpened the focus on efforts to transform business and the financial system, including through global sustainability standards, mandatory climate reporting and transition plans, and access to climate finance....
Greening Finance: A UK Roadmap to sustainable investing Just before COP26, the UK government announced a number of sustainability and climate change-related policy plans, setting the tone for its negotiating position in the climate conference and beyond. In addition to the UK’s long awaited Net Zero Strategy...
Greening Finance: A UK Roadmap to sustainable investing Just before COP26, the UK government announced a number of sustainability and climate change-related policy plans, setting the tone for its negotiating position in the climate conference and beyond. In addition to the UK’s long awaited Net Zero...
Enhancing climate-related disclosures by asset managers and asset owners The FCA has now published a consultation on introducing climate-related disclosures for asset managers and asset owners, including life insurers, alongside a consultation on extending the Listing Rules disclosure requirements to standard-listed commercial...
Enhancing climate-related disclosures by asset managers and asset owners The FCA has now published a consultation on introducing climate-related disclosures for asset managers and asset owners, including life insurers, alongside a consultation on extending the Listing Rules disclosure requirements to standard-listed commercial...
Hong Kong Private Equity: 0% tax rate for carried interest - legislation enacted Hong Kong introduces 0% tax rate for carried interest paid by qualifying Hong Kong private equity funds to their managers, effective from 1 April 2020.
The tide comes in: An update on the SFDR and the taxonomy regulation This briefing provides an update on the application of the SFDR and Taxonomy Regulation to asset managers, discussing latest regulatory developments, some of the issues arising from the regulations (including their application to UK and non-EU firms), and...
The tide comes in: An update on the SFDR and the taxonomy regulation This briefing provides an update on the application of the SFDR and Taxonomy Regulation to asset managers, discussing latest regulatory developments, some of the issues arising from the regulations (including their application to UK and non-EU firms), and...
Asset Management – Hot Topics, Spring 2021 Against the backdrop of COVID-19 and the end of the Brexit transition period, the Spring 2021 edition of our Asset Management – Hot Topics series discusses some of the significant developments currently affecting the sector.