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Investment Management Update Germany July 2025

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BMF Publishes Draft Bill on DAC 8 Implementation Act - On 26 June 2025, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen, or BMF) published a new draft bill (following the formation of a new government)...more

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ESMA Report on the Integration of Sustainability Risks and Disclosures Under SFDR

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The funds industry continues to wait for regulators and legislators to review and fix the multiple flaws in the existing SFDR regime. In the meantime, in July 2023, ESMA launched a “common supervisory action” ("CSA”)...more

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SEC Withdraws Proposed Rule on ESG Disclosures for Investment Advisers and Investment Companies

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The withdrawal aligns with the SEC’s “back to basics” approach, but it does not preclude scrutiny of ESG in asset managers’ strategies, marketing, and fund documentation....more

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Global Survey of ESG Regulations for Asset Managers - April 2025

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Investment advisers offering funds in more than one country are accustomed to adapting to different regulatory requirements. However, the challenges presented by the global regulation of environmental, social, and governance...more

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting in the EU: Simplification, Decluttering, and Regulatory Burden Reduction Under Omnibus I or...

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The keenly awaited details of the EU’s proposed first omnibus package were published on 26 February 2025. The package includes amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) (including revision and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2025 ESG + Sustainability Predictions

In 2024, challenges to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability initiatives in the United States proliferated internationally. This proved true, even as Europe promoted additional ESG and climate/social...more

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Texas District Court ESG ruling has broader implications for ERISA plan fiduciaries

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On January 10, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “Court”) held, in Spence v. American Airlines, Inc., that American Airlines (“American”) and the American Airlines Employee Benefits...more

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Fund Finance Laws and Regulations 2025: Assessing Lender Risk in Fund Finance Markets (GLI chapter)

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Carey Olsen have contributed to the Global Legal Insights – Fund Finance guide by authoring a chapter on assessing lender risk in fund finance markets. As the fund finance market continues to evolve, lenders will need to...more

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ESG Investing Takes A Blow In Texas Federal Court

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On January 10, 2025, Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled, following a four-day bench trial, that an airline breached ERISA fiduciary duties when investing...more

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The EU Green Bond Standard

Christmas is coming early to the ESG bond market as the new EU Green Bond Standard applies from 21 December 2024. The new standard is conceptually similar to existing ICMA use of proceeds standards but quite different in...more

Fenwick & West LLP

EY Survey Reveals Emerging 'Say-Do' Gap between Sustainability Reporting and Investing

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EY just released its 2024 Institutional Investor Survey, for which it surveyed 350 investment decision-makers from institutions around the world, including asset management firms, wealth management firms, insurers and pension...more

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A New Sustainable Investment Framework for the EU? ESMA’s Latest Opinion

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Those who have had to navigate and consider the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) have faced its challenges and noted its deficiencies. Specifically, these have included data gaps, the SFDR’s use as a...more

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ESG and EU Fund Names: ESMA’s Final Guidelines

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On 14 May 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines ESMA34-472-440 Final Report on the Guidelines on funds names (europa.eu) on the use of ESG- or sustainability-related terms...more

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ESMA Finalises Guidelines on Fund Names

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Guidelines indicate when asset managers may legitimately use ESG or sustainability-related terms in their fund names. On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG- or...more

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10 lessons in sustainability regulation

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Creating an effective regulatory framework will be critical to deliver Net Zero. But does that mean more – or less – regulation? From trade agreements to taxonomies, carbon adjustment mechanisms to corporate sustainability...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected funds, Regulatory and Tax Developments to look out for -...

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Welcome to the first edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect to...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ESG Guidepost | Issue 7

Katten ESG Guidepost is a monthly publication highlighting the latest news, legal and regulatory developments involving environmental, social and governance matters....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

An Evolving High-Wire Act: Navigating Conflicting Laws, Regulations, and Guidance in the ESG Space

The idea that investors might choose to consider certain environmental, social, and governance factors when deciding whether to buy shares of a company—a concept commonly known as ESG—continues to gain popularity with...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

International News: Spotlight on ESG, Impact & Sustainability

ESG is understood to be an acronym for “environmental, social and governance,” but the term can be challenging because it’s used to describe similar but distinct communities of practice, including corporate social...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected Funds, Regulatory and Tax Developments to Look Out For - May...

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Welcome to the second edition of our Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the non-listed funds sector. We have grouped...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

MSCI Announces Changes to Its ESG Rating Methodology, Resulting in Downgrades for Most Funds

MSCI has announced significant changes to its ESG investment fund ratings methodology that “aim to raise the requirements for a fund to be assessed as ‘AA’ or ‘AAA’ rated, improve stability in Fund ESG Ratings and add...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

EC Will Not Introduce Minimum Criteria for Sustainability Funds Under SFDR

The European Commission has rejected suggestions that it introduce minimum environmental standards for Article 8 or Article 9 funds under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). On April 14, 2023, the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Australia’s Securities and Consumer Protection Regulators Pursue Alleged Greenwashing

On February 28, 2023, Australia’s securities regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), announced that it had commenced “civil penalty proceedings” in federal court against Mercer Superannuation...more

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6 Sustainability Takeaways in EU Antitrust & Regulatory - December 2022

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Latham lawyers highlight key takeaways and developments in the sustainability space from the second half of the year. ...more

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FCA ESG Rules: The Next Deadline for U.K. Private Fund Managers

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In our previous client alert, Back to Work: The FCA's 2022-23 Priorities for Private Fund Managers, we mentioned the need for FCA-authorised private fund managers with assets under management (AuM) of over £5 billion and who...more

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