Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
10/12/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Promotions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FSMA ,
IMF ,
Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) ,
Libor ,
Mergers ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
UCITS ,
UK
The European Commission has published two consultation papers that seek views on the fundamental features and effectiveness of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The purpose of both the targeted and the...more
Both opportunities and challenges have arisen for the asset management industry as a result of the rapid introduction of UK and EU sustainable finance regulation in recent years. The new requirements have been heightened in...more
9/12/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
MiFID ,
New Regulations ,
SFDR ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
Taxonomy ,
UK
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
9/7/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Commission Delegated Regulation ,
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FSMA ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Firms ,
IOSCO ,
Money Market Funds ,
New Regulations ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
UK
31 July -
ESG: The European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, setting out the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”), together with a Q&A (see press release). The ESRS specify...more
8/10/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Requirements ,
Cryptoassets ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSMA ,
Investment Firms ,
Libor ,
Liquidity ,
Marketing ,
MiFID II ,
Money Market Funds ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Risk Management ,
UK
MiFIR / MiFID II: The European Parliament published a press release announcing it has reached provisional political agreement with the Council of the EU on the proposed amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...more
7/5/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
CSDR ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Parliament ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Exit Planning ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Handbooks ,
Investment Firms ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
SFTR ,
Transparency ,
UCITS ,
UK
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in April 2023:
28 April FCA Handbook: The Financial Conduct...more
5/22/2023
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Asset Management ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRD IV Directive ,
Cryptoassets ,
CSDR ,
Digital Assets ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FinTech ,
Illiquid Assets ,
Libor ,
UK
Go to any private equity event in the last 12 months, and “energy transition” will have been discussed, meaning the shift in energy production away from fossil‑based systems to low or zero carbon ones. As fund managers...more
5/10/2023
/ Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Liquidity ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFDR ,
Taxonomy
31 March -
SFTR: The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an updated version of its Q&As (ESMA74-362-893) on complying with reporting requirements under the Regulation on reporting and transparency...more
4/10/2023
/ Amended Regulation ,
AML/CFT ,
Banking Sector ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Capital Markets ,
Cryptoassets ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFIR ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Short Selling ,
UK
On 29 March 2023, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced a delay to the upcoming policy statement on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels....more
Everything, everywhere, all at once, as a descriptor, captures the litigation and regulatory risks for the asset management industry in 2023. Every corner of the market faces greater risks than at any time since 2008. After...more
On 20 February 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (“ESMA”) consultation paper (ESMA34-472-373) “Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms” (the “Consultation”) closed to comments....more
2/24/2023
/ AIFs ,
Biodiversity ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Greenwashing ,
National Private Placement Regimes (NPPR) ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability ,
UK ,
Water
Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2023 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more
1/18/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Greenwashing ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
Money Laundering ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability ,
Taxonomy ,
UK
On 9 December 2022, the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an expansive set of reforms to the UK’s financial regulatory regime – labelled the “Edinburgh Reforms”.
Following the UK’s exit from the...more
12/23/2022
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Scotland ,
SMCR ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
On 10 March 2021,the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ((EU) 2019/2088) ("SFDR") came into force. This imposes environmental, social and corporate governance (“ESG”) and reporting requirements on a wide range of...more
12/23/2022
/ AIFM ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment Firms ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability ,
Taxonomy
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in October 2022:...more
11/2/2022
/ Bank of England ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CSDR ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
MiFID II ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
UK
On 25 October 2022, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (CP22/20) on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels (the “Consultation”).
The...more
Earlier this month, the United Kingdom’s Green Technical Advisory Group (“GTAG”) published its Advice on the Development of a UK Green Taxonomy (the “Report”). This is the first stage of analysis published by the GTAG and...more
Key developments in June 2022:
30 June -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (CP22/11) on winding down synthetic sterling LIBOR and USD LIBOR.
The Bank of England (“BoE”)...more
7/6/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Blockchain ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Taxonomy
On 6 April 2022, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted the consolidated final regulatory technical standards (“RTS”) to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (2019/2088/EU) (“SFDR”) and the EU Taxonomy...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in March 2022:
31 March -
The European Securities and...more
4/8/2022
/ Cryptoassets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Taxonomy ,
UK
As mentioned in our latest briefing note, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its final rules and guidance (the “Rules”) setting out the requirements under a new climate-related disclosure regime for certain...more
3/25/2022
/ Alternative Investment Funds ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investment Management ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
UCITS ,
UK
The fund and asset management industry has been more focused on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues in the last two years than it has been in, perhaps, the last decade....more
1/21/2022
/ Asset Management ,
Business Plans ,
Business Strategies ,
Capital Investments ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Fund Managers ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability ,
UK
Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2022 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more
1/20/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
ELTIF ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EuSEF ,
EuVECA ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Investment Firms ,
MiFID II ,
Money Laundering ,
Prudential Standards ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SFDR ,
Sustainable Finance
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
1/6/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Central Counterparties ,
CSDR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFID ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SMCR ,
UK