The Situation: On October 5, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the European Green Bond Regulation ("EuGB Regulation"), establishing a voluntary harmonized standard open to both EU and...more
11/27/2023
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European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Green Bonds ,
Green Finance ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
National Competent Authorities (NCA) ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy ,
UK
During the last decade, negative interest rates have raised concerns in the European debt capital markets landscape. Prospectuses often allow the issuance of debt securities for which the interest rate is linked to indexes...more
12/7/2017
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Bonds ,
Capital Markets ,
Corporate Issuers ,
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EU Prospectus Regime ,
EURIBOR ,
France ,
Interest Rates ,
Investors ,
Libor
As noted above, the new Prospectus Regulation entered into force on 20 July 2017. Following a request for technical advice from the European Commission, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has published...more
On 24 April 2017, the Corporate Governance Committee established by the German Federal Government (Regierungskommission Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex) officially published various amendments to the German Corporate...more