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With effect from 19 September 2024, the FCA will no longer require London listed closed-ended investment funds to comply with the PRIIPs cost disclosure regime. Statements by the Government and the FCA have introduced...more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels regime ("SDR") was originally scheduled to come into force from 2 December 2024. In order to allow firms to deal with...more
The FCA provides details of the application process and sets out the standards required of funds to be eligible for the regime, including that they are managed in the best interests of investors, hold appropriate investments...more
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
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
On 9 September 2024, the FCA confirmed that it is offering “limited temporary flexibility” until 2 April 2025 for firms to comply with the ‘naming and marketing’ rules under the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements....more
In this week’s edition we discuss the implications of a decision against the National Crime Agency, which the UK’s Court of Appeal held had misinterpreted the law when it refused to investigate whether imported cotton was...more
Despite some adjustments to the proposed guardrails, the FCA has largely retained its original approach. On 26 July 2024, the FCA published its final rules on payment optionality for investment research (PS24/9)....more
On 11 July 2024, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its final rules (PS24/6) for a new, simplified and more competitive UK listing regime (the “Rules”).The FCA’s overall aim is to create a more...more
The new UK listing regime, entering into force on 29 July 2024, is the result of more than three years and multiple rounds of consultation and is intended to make the UK a more attractive market for listing. The Listing Rules...more
INTRODUCTION - Asset managers (i.e., investment advisers) offering funds in more than one country are accustomed to adapting to different regulatory requirements. However, the challenges presented by the global regulation...more
New Listing Rules come into force on 29 July 2024, implementing long-awaited reforms to the UK’s Listing Regime. The changes, which some have billed ‘radical’, form a critical component of the Government’s wider workstream to...more
Key developments in May 2024: ESG: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the sustainability disclosure requirements (“SDR”) and investments labelling regime. Among other things, the webpage has been...more
May 2024 was another busy month for ESG regulation both in the UK, EU and internationally. In the UK, the anti-greenwashing rule came into effect on 31 May 2024, an update on the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR)...more
FCA Issues Reminders on Annual Reporting and LTIP Disclosure Requirements - On 22 May 2024, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 49 (PMB 49) reminding listed companies of certain continuing obligations under the...more
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
The UK government, having originally announced that it would decide whether to impose mandatory climate disclosures on companies by July 2024, has now postponed that decision until the first quarter of 2025....more
The detailed disclosure requirements under the Securitisation Regulations in the EU and UK, which aim to ensure that investors receive the information needed to make informed assessments, have been considered by many market...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about....more
Last week, the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority issued guidance on its proposed anti-greenwashing rule, which will come into effect at the end of May 2024. (Greenwashing is when a product, service, or firm is...more
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
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
On 23 April 2024, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA“) published its “Finalised non‑handbook guidance on the Anti‑Greenwashing Rule (FG/24/3)” (the “Guidance“). The FCA has published the Guidance to help in-scope...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