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...
18 Oct, 2023 FCA to reform the UK's AIFMD and NURS regimes By Lora Froud Gavin Haran The Chair of the FCA, Ashley Alder, gave a speech on 11 October 2023 outlining the regulator’s approach to the reform of the UK’s asset...
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...
03 Jul, 2023 LTAF now accessible to retail investors By Gavin Haran Lora Froud Emma Garnham Tiffany Cox +1 more... Show less On 29th June, the FCA published its Policy Statement and Handbook rules (PS23/7) on "broadening retail and pensions access to the LTAF" ....
05 May, 2023 Fall-out from last Autumn’s LDI crisis culminates in new Pensions Regulator LDI Guidance By Stacey Yon Faye Jarvis William Sykes The Regulator has published its detailed Funding and Investment Guidance, Using leveraged liability-driven investment. Cast to provide...
27 Jan, 2023 The UK’s upcoming Retail Disclosure Regime: what should firms disclose in the meantime? By Gavin Haran PRIIPs is dead; long live the Retail Disclosure Regime. The Chancellor announced on 9 December 2022 that the Government will revoke the...
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...
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...
02 Nov, 2021 UK plans appointed representative review By Alexandra Green Following on in short succession from the FCA’s Host ACD review, the FCA’s freshly published November 2021 Regulatory Initiatives Grid...
26 Oct, 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...
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...
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...