In 2018, the European Commission set forth a classification system to determine whether businesses are environmentally sustainable. The EU Taxonomy followed the legalistic style of the French Civil Code and flummoxed...more
4/17/2025
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Environmental Policies ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy
In the last 12 months, we have seen private debt markets take off over other strategies. In particular, there are now more creative ways of bringing in new types of investors to this asset class, including insurers, pension...more
3/5/2025
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Asset Management ,
Capital Markets ,
Debt Financing ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Pensions ,
Private Equity ,
Private Funds
On January 10th, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the court) ruled that American Airlines, Inc. (American) and the American Airlines Employee Benefits Committee (together, the Defendants)...more
2/4/2025
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BlackRock ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Governance ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
ERISA Litigation ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment ,
Retirement Plan
The EU Net Zero Industry Act (EU Regulation 2024/1735 - NZIA), which entered into force on 29 June 2024, aims to make investing into net-zero technologies in the EU simpler and more attractive by seeking to streamline project...more
Executive Summary and Overview-
State anti-ESG lawmakers have enacted legislation aimed at restricting investors from considering ESG factors in their investment strategies and decisions by requiring state financial...more
4/3/2024
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Corporate Governance ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Pecuniary Losses ,
Popular ,
Sustainability