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...
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...
01 Mar, 2022 Overseas Funds Regime: "live" but not yet kicking By Lora Froud Gavin Haran The Government has made and published Regulations that brought the Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) into effect from 23 February 2022. This is...
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...
11 Aug, 2021 A global approach to ESG data and disclosure By Tiffany Cox Gavin Haran The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a wide-ranging consultation report on its "recommendations...
29 Jul, 2021 Measure for measure: the new liquidity framework for open-ended funds By Gavin Haran The Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have concluded their study into potential vulnerabilities because of...
26 Jul, 2021 European Commission consults on EU securitisation framework By Richard Fletcher Edward Karsten The European Commission has launched a consultation on the EU securitisation framework. The consultation covers the following issues: the...
20 Jul, 2021 A natural next step: quantifying and addressing the impact of asset management on nature By Riley Forson As asset managers adapt to the need to disclose their approach to climate-related financial risks, integrate sustainability risk...
16 Jul, 2021 The future of UK regulation: the FCA’s new business plan By Gavin Haran The FCA has published its 2021/22 business plan. The publication of the plan was slightly delayed, which is perhaps unsurprising given...
14 Jul, 2021 SFDR delayed by six months following concerns over greenwashing By Harriet Miller On 8 July 2021, the European Commission (EC) informed the European Council that the implementation of level 2 of the Sustainable...
09 Jul, 2021 Securitisation – EBA consults on risk retention and HMT consults on the UK Sec Reg By Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher EBA consults on risk retention The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a consultation on draft regulatory technical standards...
30 Jun, 2021 IFPR final rules: unpacking the transitional provisions By Shailen Patel The FCA has now provided its feedback on its first consultation papers on the new UK prudential regime for MiFID investment firms (IFPR)...
14 Jun, 2021 17 June 2021: the third annual derivatives counting day By Robert Daniell William Sykes The second anniversary of EMIR Refit is this week, and with it comes the annual requirement for most financial counterparties and...
08 Jun, 2021 Asset manager ESG due diligence questionnaire published: seeking to create an "industry standard" By Harriet Miller On Friday 4 June 2021 the Loan Market Association (LMA), European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) and Loan Syndications and Trading...
07 May, 2021 FCA consults on the LTAF By Lora Froud Gavin Haran Tiffany Cox The FCA has published its long awaited consultation on the creation of a Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF). The LTAF is an open-ended...