Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - (a) General - (i) EU - EBA: Roadmap on strengthening the Prudential framework - Status: Final - The EBA has published its roadmap on the Banking Package, which...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
We are experiencing a period of financial turmoil not seen for decades. At the risk of stating the obvious, the intense damage inflicted on government coffers by responding to a pandemic, coupled with the fallout from the...more
Governmental authorities in the U.K. and the U.S. want companies to align employment incentives with ethical conduct. In 2022, the U.K. government undertook a consultation on this topic and in May 2022 published a paper —...more
What is the IFPR? The new UK Investment Firms Prudential Regime (“IFPR”) will come into force on 1 January 2022 and will apply to UK investment firms authorised under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID”)...more
Nach Art. 5 der OffenlegungsVO muss die AIF-KVG, ein „Finanzmarktteilnehmer“ im Sinne der Verordnung, im Rahmen ihrer „Vergütungspolitik“ (remuneration policy) angeben, „inwiefern diese mit der Einbeziehung von...more
Latest FCA consultation focuses on remuneration, risk management and governance, and liquidity requirements. Key Points: The consultation: ..Sets out the FCA’s proposals for the new remuneration rules for FCA...more
This Sunday, March 8 2020 the Act on special solutions related to the prevention, counteracting and combating of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and emergencies caused by them (the " COVID-19 Act") entered into force. ...more
The French government recently published a Q&A document in response to concerns about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, detailing the steps that companies must take if an employee is infected or returns from a risk area and is...more
Over the past few days, the Netherlands has been hit by a number of coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks. COVID-19 has a direct impact on the workplace. How should employers and employees deal with COVID-19?...more
Los Estados Miembros deben trasponer la Directiva sobre Requisitos de Capital V antes del 28 de diciembre de 2020. El 7 de junio de 2019, el Diario Oficial de la UE publicó el texto de la Directiva sobre requisitos de...more
Member States must implement the Capital Requirements Directive V by 28 December 2020. On 7 June 2019 the EU Official Journal published the text of the Capital Requirements Directive V (CRD V), which introduced several...more
New corporate governance standards for insurers authorised in Hong Kong came into effect on 1 January 2017. Hong Kong incorporated insurers and overseas insurers with a certain threshold of Hong Kong business must comply with...more
German management companies (KVGs, formerly known as KAGs) that manage alternative investment funds (AIFs) within the meaning of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) are considered to be alternative...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published a list of responses received to its May 2013 consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards on criteria to identify categories of staff whose professional activities...more