The fund and asset management industry has been more focused on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues in the last two years than it has been in, perhaps, the last decade....more
1/21/2022
/ Asset Management ,
Business Plans ,
Business Strategies ,
Capital Investments ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Fund Managers ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability ,
UK
On 25 November 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a legislative proposal with targeted amendments to Directive 2011/61/EU (“the “AIFMD”) and (to a certain extent) the UCITS Directive (“AIFMD...more
11/29/2021
/ AIFM ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Markets Union ,
EU ,
Investment Funds ,
National Private Placement Regimes (NPPR) ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UCITS
Yesterday, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a discussion paper (DP21/4) (the “Discussion Paper”) seeking initial views on new sustainability disclosure requirements for asset managers and FCA-regulated...more
A new European regime on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial sector will come into force from March 2021, after first being announced in 2018 during the European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable...more
9/18/2020
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Alternative Investment Funds ,
Asset Management ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Mergers ,
MiFID II ,
National Private Placement Regimes (NPPR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFDR ,
UCITS ,
UK Brexit
On 19 August 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published a letter (“Letter”) received by the European Commission (“Commission”) making several recommendations with regard to the Commission’s...more