As part of the European Commission’s strategy for financing the transition to a sustainable economy, the EU has been debating for some time how best to put in place a regulatory regime for EU green bonds. This resulted in...more
The European Parliament has recently approved the final EMIR texts, known as “EMIR 3.0” that were agreed between the Council of the EU and the European Parliament in February and which introduce changes to the current EMIR...more
The updated reporting rules under EMIR for new and outstanding derivatives trades will apply from 29 April 2024 under EU EMIR and 30 September 2024 under UK EMIR. Key changes to the reporting requirements have been introduced...more
As part of the European Commission’s strategy for financing the transition to a sustainable economy, the EU has been debating for some time how best to put in place a regulatory regime for EU green bonds. This has resulted...more
On 23 May 2023, the European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on three proposals jointly creating the European Single Access Point (ESAP) as part of the Capital Markets Union Action Plan. ...more
On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation on the transparency and integrity of ESG rating activities, following concerns about the reliability, comparability and transparency of ESG...more
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Following the political agreement reached on the Regulation on European Green Bonds (the so-called EU Green Bond Standard) and optional disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable and sustainability-linked...more
The High Court of England and Wales has recently provided welcome clarification around the nature of events of default under derivatives contracts governed by the ISDA Master Agreement, in particular in relation to whether an...more