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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

A&O Shearman

Great Fund Insights: ESMA Guidelines on funds’ names: Tell me your fund name, I’ll tell you your fund strategy

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On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Regulation Round Up - March 2024

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Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more

Paul Hastings LLP

AIFMD Refresher: Deal Notifications & Anti-Asset Stripping Rules

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The AIFMD contains numerous ongoing obligations that apply to sponsors and funds long after fundraising has completed. As part of our AIFMD refresher series, this article summarises one of the key AIFMD ongoing requirements...more

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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

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AIFMD Refresher: Regulatory Reporting under Article 24

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The AIFMD contains numerous ongoing obligations that apply to sponsors and funds long after fundraising has completed. As part of our AIFMD refresher series, this article summarizes one of the key AIFMD ongoing requirements...more

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All Washed Up - What Are the Risks for Firms That Won’t Show Greenwashing the Red Card?

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In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in green products and the promotion of sustainable objectives across the financial services industry. For example, we have seen much discussion of green loans, green...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected funds, Regulatory and Tax Developments to look out for -...

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Welcome to the first 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

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

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Names and Claims – ESMA probes use of generic ESG terms in EU funds

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Yesterday, ESMA published a risk analysis report outlining the results of its disclosure study on ESG names and claims in the EU funds industry. ESMA utilised natural language processing ("NLP") techniques to analyse the...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected Funds, Regulatory, and Tax Developments to Look Out For

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Welcome to the third edition of our Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the private funds and investment management...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected Funds, Regulatory and Tax Developments to Look Out For - May...

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Welcome to the second edition of our Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the non-listed funds sector. We have grouped...more

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The FCA’s 2023/24 Priorities for UK Payments: Firms and Investors, Take Note

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On March 16, 2003, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its letter Portfolio Letter: FCA priorities for payments firms to the CEOs of UK Payment Institutions (PIs), Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs), and...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected Funds, Regulatory and Tax Developments to Look Out For

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Welcome to our January 2023 Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the non-listed funds sector. We have grouped the...more

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ESG Funds/Carbon Credit Project Developers: LSE Launches The New Voluntary Carbon Market Designation

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On 10 October 2022, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) introduced the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) with the aim of promoting transparency and standardising carbon disclosures (a counter to “greenwashing”) and increasing the...more

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Back to Work: The FCA'S 2022-23 Priorities for Private Fund Managers

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​​​​​​​The late summer saw the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority issue a “Dear CEO Letter” (the Letter) setting out its Alternatives Supervisory Strategy FCA Portfolio Letter: Our Alternatives Supervision Strategy 2022. With...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC ESG crackdown - Investment funds in the crosshairs

As investors have piled into ESG-friendly mutual funds over the past several years, the SEC has begun ratcheting up scrutiny of the representations made by the advisers of those ESG investment funds. This week, the SEC...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FCA Outlines Plans That Could Reshape Regulation of Asset Managers in the UK

The UK financial services regulator Financial Conduct Authority’s latest three-year Strategy and annual Business Plan could have a significant impact on private capital sponsors and advisers and other asset managers....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

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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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Funds First Autumn legal and regulatory update for real estate funds

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At our recent Funds First webinar we shared some technical and market issues and updates on a selection of key developments of impact for real estate funds. Our discussion covered the Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) , the...more

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FCA Seeks to Improve Quality of ESG Fund Disclosures

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FCA has published guiding principles on the design, delivery, and disclosure of ESG and sustainable investment funds. On 19 July 2021, the FCA published a letter sent to chairs of authorised fund managers, which sets out...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

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