Dec 14, 2022 Will the Edinburgh Reforms make a difference? By Alexandra Green Michael Sholem Gavin Haran On 9 December, the Chancellor announced a package of over 30 reforms to the UK’s financial regulations, an attempt to achieve the biggest...
Nov 29, 2022 Transparency, but not at any cost By Dominic Sedghi In a significant judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has struck down provisions of European Union law that give...
Oct 20, 2022 EU reaches positive agreement on ELTIF reforms By Samuel Brooks Gavin Haran Tiffany Cox Negotiations have concluded between the European Council and the European Parliament on changes to the European Long Term Investment Fund...
Oct 13, 2022 Single Family Housing– where has it come from and where is it heading? By Nicole Mitchell The terms “SFR” (single family rental) and “SFH” (single family housing) have become common parlance in the European real estate...
Sep 13, 2022 Are we ready for the “operationalisation” of real estate? By Nicole Mitchell Operational real estate is becoming increasingly mainstream for investors, driven by strong relative performance in asset classes which...
Apr 14, 2022 Challenges and opportunities for ESG-linked pay in 2022 By Lucy Urwin Last week Ras Berglund and I spoke at the ESOP Centre’s 2022 Share Schemes Symposium about the growing impact of ESG on executive...
Nov 12, 2021 Private equity, public costs By Christopher Good “Big change is coming”, wrote Elizabeth Warren when Gary Gensler was nominated by President Biden to be the next chair of the Securities...
Oct 26, 2021 FCA publishes Long Term Asset Fund final rules By Lora Froud Gavin Haran The FCA has published its final rules for the Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF). The LTAF is a new authorised fund vehicle that aims to make it...
Sep 28, 2021 Official Working Group encourages pension savers to invest in long term assets By Lora Froud Gavin Haran The Productive Finance Working Group has published its recommendations to UK policymakers to remove barriers to investment by retirement...
Sep 21, 2021 Labour announces plans to tax carried interest as income By Lawrence Parkin Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that Labour, if the party wins the next general election, will target the carried interest...
May 07, 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...
Mar 05, 2021 The SEC takes a different approach to the EU in tackling ESG greenwashing By Harriet Miller Tackling climate change is back on the agenda in the US, and is a renewed area of focus for the SEC: on 4 March, the SEC announced the...
Feb 08, 2021 A state of flux – Luxembourg’s denial of interest deductibility By Rhian Edwards On 28 January, Luxembourg’s Parliament passed a new law on the deductibility of interest for tax purposes. The legislation prevents the...
Feb 05, 2021 ESMA offers its view on ELTIF reform By Samuel Brooks Tiffany Cox Gavin Haran ESMA has sent a letter to the European Commission (EC) detailing its views on the European Long Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) review and...
Jan 29, 2021 When does an investor exercise decisive influence over a portfolio company? CJEU hands down judgment in Goldman Sachs’ appeal By Cameron Firth Andrew Morrison The Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) this week upheld the General Court’s judgment finding Goldman Sachs (GS) jointly...
Jan 29, 2021 EU blacklist expansions on the horizon - Channel Islands, Cayman... the USA? By Ceinwen Rees The EU tax blacklist is far from set in stone, with countries moving on and off with reasonable regularity due to the EU's semi annual...