05 Feb, 2024 The Overseas Funds Regime: what does it mean for product value assessments? By Alexandra Green Lora Froud Gavin Haran On 30 January 2024, the Economic Secretary, Bim Afolami, announced that EEA UCITS are deemed equivalent to UK UCITS, in regulatory terms....
07 Dec, 2023 The FCA's Overseas Funds Regime consultation: what does it cover? By Lora Froud Tiffany Cox Emma Garnham Gavin Haran +1 more... Show less On 4 December 2023, the FCA published its consultation (CP23/26) on operationalising the Overseas Funds Regime ("OFR"). Significantly...
30 Nov, 2023 The evolution of core real estate By Nicole Mitchell One silver lining of lower transaction volumes and a slower capital raising environment is the opportunity to pause for thought and...
20 Nov, 2023 AIFMD II - Final compromise text published By Gavin Haran Samuel Brooks Michael Sholem Shang-Hsuen Koh +1 more... Show less The “final text” of the amending directive (AIFMD II) on the amendment of Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers...
19 Sep, 2023 SFDR 2.0: pivoting in the direction of UK SDR? By Lora Froud Tiffany Cox Emma Garnham Gavin Haran +1 more... Show less On 14 September 2023, the European Commission published a targeted consultation questionnaire to gather feedback prior to proposing...
17 Aug, 2023 ISDA amends the notices, force majeure and illegality provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement By Christine Long William Sykes ISDA have published a set of amendments to the ISDA Master Agreement (the ISDA MA) following the Covid-19 pandemic and sanctions on...
26 Jul, 2023 Greenwashing to greenhushing - key takeaways By Rachel Richardson Tiffany Cox Praveen Gopalan Emily Batchelor +1 more... Show less As part of the Net Zero Lawyer’s Alliance's (NZLA) programme for London Climate Action Week, Macfarlanes held a panel session titled...
22 Jun, 2023 Trending topics from the FFA European Fund Finance Symposium 2023 By Richard Fletcher Clare Golding Macfarlanes were proud to again sponsor the Annual European Fund Finance Symposium in London this week, now in its seventh iteration, and...
05 Jun, 2023 ILPA weighs in on continuation funds By Harriet Miller Henry Stewart-Brown Continuation funds are now a staple feature of the private funds industry as general partners (GPs) look to move one or more selected...
19 May, 2022 An EU retail passport for alternative funds? By Gavin Haran Lora Froud The EU’s review of the Alternative Investment Funds Management Directive, or AIFMD II, is underway. The EU’s institutions are currently...
03 Mar, 2022 Corporate sustainability due diligence directive: the European Commission’s proposal By Shailen Patel Last week, the EU set out its proposal for a new Directive on corporate due diligence to enhance the regulatory framework on sustainable...
03 Feb, 2022 ESMA’s briefing on tied agents: UK managers in the firing line? By Gavin Haran ESMA’s supervisory briefing on supervisory expectations in relation to firms using tied agents in the MiFID II framework will be...
24 Jan, 2022 Asset valuation: EU managers under scrutiny By Sandeesh Shah ESMA has announced that it is launching its third common supervisory action (CSA) on the EU asset management sector, this time focusing...
12 Jan, 2022 UK Securitisation Regulation – FCA approves first two securitisation repositories By Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher With effect from 17 January 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to register both European DataWarehouse Ltd and...
29 Sep, 2021 The ISDA 2021 EONIA Collateral Agreement Fallbacks Protocol By Robert Daniell The European Overnight Index, or EONIA, is due to permanently cease to be published from 3 January 2022, as EONIA does not meet the...
09 Sep, 2021 The missing cornerstone in sustainable finance: investee company ESG reporting By Lora Froud Tiffany Cox Gavin Haran The rush to regulate financial markets to produce ESG outcomes has brought focus to a problem: in the absence of good quality ESG data...