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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK’s FCA Offers a Temporary Extension on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

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

Goodwin

Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds - May 2024

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Welcome to the second edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory, and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect to...more

Mayer Brown

DB Pension Scheme Funding – Pensions Regulator 2024 Annual Funding Statement

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its 2024 annual funding statement which is targeted at DB schemes undergoing valuations with effective dates between 22 September 2023 and 21 September 2024. It is also relevant to...more

A&O Shearman

10 lessons in sustainability regulation

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Creating an effective regulatory framework will be critical to deliver Net Zero. But does that mean more – or less – regulation? From trade agreements to taxonomies, carbon adjustment mechanisms to corporate sustainability...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK’s FCA Consults on Changes to Allow Recognition of Overseas Funds

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) is consulting on changes to its rules to allow funds domiciled outside the UK to market to UK retail customers....more

Hogan Lovells

UK: Sustainability Disclosure Requirements: Key things you need to know as the FCA confirms final rules

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On 28 November 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed the long-awaited final rules and guidance for UK asset managers aimed at improving the trust and transparency around sustainable investment products. In a...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FCA Finds Further Improvement Needed on Design, Delivery, and Disclosure of ESG Funds

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The FCA has set out good and poor practices for asset managers to consider in relation to funds with ESG or sustainable characteristics. On 16 November 2023, the FCA published the findings from its review of how asset...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ESG Guidepost | Issue 7

Katten ESG Guidepost is a monthly publication highlighting the latest news, legal and regulatory developments involving environmental, social and governance matters....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

European Commission Consults on Changes to the SFDR Regime

The European Commission recently launched two consultations — a public consultation and a targeted consultation (collectively, the Consultations) — seeking stakeholders’ feedback on potential changes to the Sustainable...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The Expanding Green Horizon: EU and UK ESG Regulatory Considerations and Developments for 2022

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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

K&L Gates LLP

ESG Regulatory Developments in the UK, Japan, and Hong Kong

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INTRODUCTION - We’ve heard a lot over the past year about Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) regulatory developments affecting asset managers in the European Union, which is regarded as leading the way on ESG...more

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European Commission Issues its First (and the World’s Largest) Green Bond

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On 12 October 2021, the European Commission (EC) issued its first-ever NextGenerationEU green bond, raising a total of €12 billion that will be used exclusively to fund green and sustainable investments across the EU. More...more

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Navigating the European ESG Disclosure Regime in a Post-Brexit World

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Following increased public attention to the global sustainability agenda, investors, public institutions, and companies around the world are increasingly prioritizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) measures as...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2020

Welcome to the 2020 edition of In Principle. With the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) on31 January 2020, and moving into a transition period which will last until 31 December 2020, Brexit of courselooms...more

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