News & Analysis as of

United Kingdom Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) HM Treasury

Latham & Watkins LLP

Key Takeaways From Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House Speech

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The UK Chancellor announces a growth-focused agenda for financial services. On 14 November 2024, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her first Mansion House speech....more

BCLP

UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements - 2024 Update

BCLP on

The Government’s recently published Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR): Implementation Update 2024 outlines the timeframes and next steps for each of the core elements of SDR, first proposed in 2021 to provide a...more

WilmerHale

FCA Business Plan: Firms Should Expect Assertive Supervision, Enforcement on Financial Crime as 2022-2025 Strategy Enters Final...

WilmerHale on

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is entering the final year of its 2022-2025 strategy, which features a commitment to be more innovative, assertive and adaptable. Its 2024/25 Business Plan outlines how the regulator...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - 26 February 2024

A&O Shearman on

Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. This week we cover the following topics: Finance Bill...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Edinburgh Reforms - Where Are We Now?

Latham & Watkins LLP on

As the pace of reform increases, we take a look at key developments and the timeline ahead. Significant progress has been made on the Edinburgh Reforms since they were announced in December 2022, with developments...more

Hogan Lovells

UK/EU ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – March-June 2023

Hogan Lovells on

As we reach the midway point of 2023, the Hogan Lovells Sustainable Finance and Investment practice thought it would be useful to provide a review of recent key ESG developments from March-June 2023 to assist with navigating...more

A&O Shearman

ESG Ratings: Who rates the ‘raters’?

A&O Shearman on

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings are increasingly used by investors, lenders and regulators to assess the sustainability performance of companies. They can, for example, assess an entity’s exposure to, and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 14

Daniel Davis Shares Views on Digital Asset Regulation During House Subcommittee Hearing - In testimony before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, Daniel...more

BCLP

Corporate Briefing - May 2023

BCLP on

Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for UK PLCs - April Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on

This edition covers upcoming reforms to the UK listing regime, the FCA’s Primary Market Bulletin 44, the launch of a review into the UK investment research landscape, the PLSA’s 2023 Stewardship and Voting Guidelines, and...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Government Consults on Regulation of ESG Ratings Providers

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The consultation considers what a potential regulatory regime would look like, and its proposed scope. On 30 March 2023, HM Treasury published a consultation on regulating ESG ratings providers, which ties in with and...more

Hogan Lovells

Financial Institutions Horizons 2023

Hogan Lovells on

The outlook for 2023 looks uncertain, following another tumultuous year. The collapse of a number of large cryptocurrency exchanges has shone another spotlight on the digital asset market. The financial system’s resilience...more

Hogan Lovells

ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – January 2023

Hogan Lovells on

2023 is here and ESG developments have continued apace throughout January with ESG remaining squarely on the financial services regulatory agenda in the UK and internationally.  In this edition, we share the latest key focal...more

Hogan Lovells

Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum publishes latest edition of Regulatory Initiatives Grid

Hogan Lovells on

The fourth edition of the Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Grid has been published today by the Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum. Amongst the initiatives included in the Grid are new climate related...more

Hogan Lovells

UK government publishes roadmap to sustainable investing

Hogan Lovells on

HM Treasury has published its latest policy paper setting out a further roadmap on sustainable investing: Greening Finance: A Roadmap to Sustainable Investing. Urging the private sector to treat this roadmap as a further...more

BCLP

Climate-related financial disclosures for large UK corporates: the UK TCFD roadmap in action

BCLP on

The UK government has made another stride in its green finance ambitions – a consultation on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures for UK large corporates. The proposals, based on the Financial Stability Board...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Regulation Round Up - January 2021

Proskauer Rose LLP on

29 January - The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) (that is, the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) published two consultation papers on the mapping of external credit assessment institutions' (“ECAIs”)...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Regulation Round Up - November 2020

Proskauer Rose LLP on

30 November - The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published a statement about its forthcoming policy statement on implementing the CRD V Directive ((EU) 2019/878). HM Treasury updated its webpage on a call for...more

Hogan Lovells

UK: Focus on Climate Change and Green Finance

Hogan Lovells on

On 5 June 2019, the Treasury Committee launched an inquiry into the decarbonisation of the UK economy and green finance which will look at the role of the UK regulators and financial services firms in supporting the...more

19 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide