HM Treasury (HMT) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have launched consultations proposing a streamlined regulatory framework for UK AIFMs. The key proposals include: These reforms aim to introduce a more proportional...more
On 8 May 2025, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) released the findings from its multi-firm review aimed at smaller asset managers and alternatives firms. The review was conducted across three phases in...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA’s) report, which sets out its findings and feedback from its Private Market Valuation Review (PMVR) includes a number of practical action points for firms regarding their private assets...more
His Majesty’s Treasury issued consultation paper—and the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Call for Input—in April, setting out proposals for a revised regime under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM)...more
5/7/2025
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Diversity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investment Funds ,
MiFID II ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sustainability ,
UK
The Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority are seeking industry views on proposals to change the regulatory framework for fund managers in the United Kingdom. On 7 April 2025, the Treasury issued a Consultation Paper...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued the latest Dear CEO Letter on 26th February 2025. In it, the FCA confirmed its current supervisory priorities, which include private markets, market integrity and disruption,...more
2/28/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Investment Management ,
Market Abuse ,
Private Equity ,
Private Funds ,
Risk Management ,
Sustainable Finance ,
UK
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is currently consulting on a proposal for a new type of trading platform (PISCES) that would enable intermittent secondary trading of private company shares. PISCES would use certain...more
The final text of the amendments to the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)—known as “AIFMD II”—was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on March 26, 2024, and will enter into force on...more
Whether preparing or reviewing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures for compliance with regulatory requirements in the EU, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States (US), or for alignment with ESG best...more
12/30/2020
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainable Finance ,
UK
1. New EU and UK disclosure requirements -
The new disclosure requirements for investment managers and advisers with respect to their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies will apply in the European...more
11/25/2020
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Green Finance ,
Investment Management ,
MiFID II ,
Popular ,
SFDR ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
UCITS ,
UK