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Latham & Watkins LLP

FCA Pushes Back Deadline for SDR Naming and Marketing Rules

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The regulator is providing temporary flexibility in light of concerns that asset managers need extra time to prepare. On 9 September 2024, the FCA published a statement on its naming and marketing rules under the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Developments in the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements Regime

His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have issued publications that seek to expand the application of the United Kingdom (UK) sustainability disclosure requirements (the SDR) and labelling...more

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Sustainability Disclosure Rules in the UK: Extending the FCA’s Regime to Portfolio Managers

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In our previous alert The FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Labelling Regime (SDR): A Flexible Regime for UK Private Fund Managers, we examined the final framework under policy statement PS23/16, on...more

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FCA Sustainability Disclosure Requirements Consultation Paper on the Extension to Portfolio Managers now published

The Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) on 23 April 2024 has published its Consultation Paper CP24/8 (the “CP”) on the extension of its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) to portfolio managers. This follows...more

A&O Shearman

UK Financial Conduct Authority Consults on Extending Sustainability Disclosure Requirements Regime to Portfolio Management

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority published a consultation paper on April 23, 2024 on the possibility of extending the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and labeling regime to portfolio management firms. Responses to...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

What to Expect from the SEC’s Examination Focus in 2024

Investment advisers, broker-dealers, fund managers and other financial professionals could be impacted in 2024 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) continued focus on upcoming examinations. The SEC unveiled...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

FCA Welcomes the Launch of the Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework – The Relevance for UK Asset Managers

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The Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework (the “TPT Framework”) published on 9 October 2023 has been publicly welcomed by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”).  For UK asset managers and portfolio...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Hybrid Event] Deal Academy 2023 – Photovoltaik - April 19th, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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Wir laden Sie wieder herzlich zu unserer McDermott Deal Academy ein – persönlich in Frankfurt und gleichzeitig virtuell per Live-Stream. Dieses Mal zum Thema Photovoltaik. Unsere Real Estate-, Fonds- und Steuer-Experten...more

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Examining the Complex Market Challenges in the Industrials Sector: Where to Focus to Make an Impact

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While companies in the industrials sector play an integral role in creating products used in everyday life, they continuously face the most complex challenges impacting both their operating models and their earnings. To...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Releases 2023 Examination Priorities for Registered Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers

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On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) released its annual Priorities Report1 for upcoming examinations of registered investment advisers...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Basics of Impact Investing: A Conversation About Investment Policies and Evaluation Metrics For ESG Investors

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In this episode, we address the fiduciary duty of a nonprofit board when setting its investment policies and how to think about impact investing in the context of a...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Increased Scrutiny on Greenwashing

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Greenwashing is under increased scrutiny at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Greenwashing is clearly damaging to consumers and investors as it imbues purchasing decisions...more

Dechert LLP

FCA Consultation on Enhancing Climate-Related Disclosures by UK Asset Managers

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As set out in our earlier OnPoint “Is Brexit Green?”1, the UK has adopted a different approach to ESG compared to the EU, by not “on-shoring” the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) and focussing...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Highlights Need For Improvements In Investment Adviser And Private Fund ESG Policies, Procedures, And Practices

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On April 9, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) released results from its recent examinations of particular investment advisers, registered investment companies, and private funds (the firms) that...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The SEC’s Latest Risk Alert Puts ESG Investing in the Crosshairs

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC, or Commission) Division of Examinations (Division) recently issued a Risk Alert highlighting staff observations from examinations of investment advisers, registered investment...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

What’s In A Name? The SEC Notes A Lack Of Consistency In ESG Treatment Across Investments And Funds

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On April 9, the Division of Examinations issued a Risk Alert to highlight observations from its recent exams of investment advisers, registered investment companies, and private funds offering ESG products and services. The...more

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SEC Raises Concerns With Misleading ESG Practices, Highlights Potential Violations

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On April 9, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) issued a Risk Alert regarding the Division’s review of ESG investing. The Risk Alert provides insight into the...more

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ESG And The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

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As part of the EU’s strategy on climate change following the Paris Agreement of 2015, a number of EU regulations have been enacted in the past 12 months. From the fund management industry’s point of view, the two most...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

ESG Goes Mainstream: How “Return First” PE Funds Can Factor ESG Considerations Into Their Investment And Portfolio Management...

Considering environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when making an investment is no longer solely the province of “impact-first” investors—those who prioritize social or environmental impact above return on...more

Dechert LLP

ESG Snapshot: Overview of the ESG driven amendments to MiFID

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What is the law/regulation? Following a consultation that ran between May and June 2018, the European Commission published a draft delegated regulation in January 2019 (the “ESG Regulation”). The ESG Regulation amends the...more

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European Commission Publishes Regulation on Sustainability-Related Disclosures in Financial Services

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A new Regulation on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Regulation is intended to encourage the financial services sector...more

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