The Situation: Three major pillars of the EU action plan on sustainable finance ("EU Action Plan") at varying stages of development have taken steps forward.
The Result: We now have a regulation on climate-related benchmarks...more
12/27/2019
/ Benchmarks ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Action Plans ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
European Commission ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Paris Agreement ,
Popular ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy
On October 24, 2019, the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs"), consisting of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Banking Authority, and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority,...more
12/24/2019
/ Bond Markets ,
Comment Period ,
Consultation Papers ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Joint Statements ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Popular ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Retail Investors
The Situation: The G20, a forum for governments and central bank governors from 19 countries and the European Union, had made the decision to combat money laundering and terrorism financing activities tied to the use of...more
7/1/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Financial Instruments ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
G20 ,
Licensing Rules ,
Popular ,
Securities Tokens ,
Virtual Currency