The Japan Financial Services Agency has proposed a hard law amendment that will provide an additional environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information source for asset managers investing in Japanese listed companies,...more
This alert provides a summary of the announcement (Announcement) issued by the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (KLFB) at the beginning of August 2020. Responding to the Japanese government’s “Report concerning Promotion of...more
Subordinate regulations under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended (FIEA), were amended on July 22 to allow foreign business operators to temporarily conduct business in Japan upon...more
This is the first in a series of alerts from Morgan Lewis’s investment management team in Tokyo that summarize how the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic impacts investment fund-related businesses in Japan. ...more
GPs that operate limited partnerships based on the exemption under Article 63 of the FIEA and have recently completed a renewal filing around the end of the grace period (August 31, 2016) are required to prepare Form 20-2...more
Existing Article 63 Exemption Operators will be subject to new obligations and duties starting March 1, 2016.
Beginning March 1, 2016, the amendments to the exemption concerning the Special Business Activities for...more