On 31 May 2024, a new anti-greenwashing rule is being introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) as part of its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”). We cover here the introduction of the FCA’s...more
5/30/2024
/ AIFM ,
Asset Management ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services and Markets Act ,
Greenwashing ,
Investors ,
Misleading Statements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability ,
UK
The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) has published its Final Report on the Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the “Guidelines”). ESMA was provided with the mandates to...more
On 3 May 2024, the European Commission published a summary of the 2023 consultation on the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) (the “Summary”)....more
After political to-and-fro for over two years, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (“CS3D”) made it over the line on 24 April 2024 with the European Parliament formally approving it.
We set out the headline...more
Financial Markets Infrastructure: The Bank of England published a speech by Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, on operational resilience and its expectations of financial market infrastructures...more
5/9/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cryptoassets ,
ELTIF ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Markets ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
IOSCO ,
MiFID II ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK
On 31 May, 2024, a new anti‑greenwashing rule is being introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) as part of its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”). However, the FCA has only recently published...more
On 22 April 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) provided its response to the European Commission’s request on amendments to the draft regulatory technical standards (“RTS”) in respect of Regulation...more
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
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
4/10/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cryptoassets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
ELTIF ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investment Funds ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Transparency ,
UCITS ,
UK
On 26 March 2024, the legislative package amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/61/EU (“the “AIFMD”) and (to a certain extent) the UCITS Directive was published in the Official Journal of the...more
3/28/2024
/ Adoption Day ,
AIFs ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversification Requirements ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Liquidation ,
Loans ,
National Private Placement Regimes (NPPR) ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Retention
For funds categorised as Article 8 or 9 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) with a 31 December financial year end, the periodic reporting deadline of 30 June is approaching with 100 days to go. Now...more
On 6 March 2024, the European Commission published a letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”), in which it proposed certain amendments to the draft regulatory technical standards (“Draft RTS”) that...more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
3/5/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Commission Delegated Regulation ,
Cryptoassets ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ,
FSMA ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Money Market Funds ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK
On 20 February 2024, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published guidance (the “Guidance”) on the implementation of the Consumer Duty.
The Consumer Duty came into force for “open” products and...more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
2/21/2024
/ AML/CFT ,
Cryptoassets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FinTech ,
Handbooks ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
OFR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Securities Regulation ,
UK
Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2024 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more
2/8/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in December 2023:
21 December -
UK / Swiss Regulatory...more
1/4/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bonds ,
Cryptoassets ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Derivatives ,
ELTIF ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Policy Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSMA ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Popular ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
Taxonomy ,
UK
From 31 January 2024 the exemptions available from the restriction on communicating financial promotions appliable to high net worth (“HNW”) individuals and self-certified investors are changing.
The updates are...more
ESMA has, on 14 December 2023, published a public statement updating its Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms. This follows the consultation paper on the same topic that ran until 20 February...more
On 14 December 2023, there was an initial agreement by the EU Parliament and the EU Council on the final text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”).
CSDDD is a significant and impactful piece...more
On 4 December 2023 the European Supervisory Authorities (the “ESAs”) published their final report on updating the regulatory technical standards of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR Level 2”).
The...more
12/15/2023
/ Asset Management ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investors ,
Paris Agreement ,
SFDR ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
...more
12/5/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Greenwashing ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment Firms ,
MiFID ,
MiFID II ,
Over The Counter Derivatives (OTC) ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Short Selling ,
Tokenization ,
UCITS ,
UK
On 27 November 2023, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its final report (the “Report”) on its multi-firm review into firms’ progress in implementing the internal capital adequacy and risk...more
On 28 November 2023, the long-awaited UK regime for the labelling, marketing and disclosure of sustainable funds (Sustainability Disclosure Requirements or “SDR”) has been published in the Financial Conduct Authority’s...more
11/29/2023
/ AIFM ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Greenwashing ,
Investment ,
Labeling ,
Marketing ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SFDR ,
Stewardship Code ,
Sustainability ,
UK
On 22 November 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published three aides to stakeholders to support with navigating three areas of the European Union’s (“EU”) sustainable finance regulation: ...more