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On 30 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its Final Report on the 2023-2024 Common Supervisory Action (CSA) concerning the integration of sustainability risks and disclosures within the...more
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
With ESG regulation now well embedded across all major jurisdictions, the trend we see for 2025 is about increasingly sophisticated triangulation by private fund managers between the regimes that apply by default (such as...more
European regulators have taken different routes as to how they plan to enforce the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (“ESMA”) guidelines (the “Guidelines”) with respect to the use of sustainability‑related terms in...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) National Examination Program is designed to improve compliance, prevent fraud, monitor risk and inform policy. It is also a consistent source of referrals to the SEC’s Division...more
The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (“TISFD”) launched on 23 September 2024. Background - The TISFD is a global initiative with the aim of developing recommendations and guidance for...more
This is the final post in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year... Politicians in Republican-led states have painted a target on environmental,...more
Regulation around ESG investment in Ireland is evolving rapidly with developments from the Central Bank of Ireland, European Commission and ESMA building an increasingly sophisticated regulatory backdrop. Our summary of...more
SEC Announces Inspection Priorities for 2023 - On February 7, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its inspection priorities for the current year. The announcement began by noting that the SEC examined 15...more
Financial services regulators globally are identifying sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues as key areas of concern, with the aim of encouraging greater investment in longer term and...more
On 10 March 2021,the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ((EU) 2019/2088) ("SFDR") came into force. This imposes environmental, social and corporate governance (“ESG”) and reporting requirements on a wide range of...more
The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges....more
The Act's supporters say it would shift voting power from large investment advisers to individual investors, but the reality could be far more complex - The INDEX Act arrives at a moment of increasing resistance to ESG...more
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
Any fund manager that has raised capital in the last 10 years will tell you that environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles have gained increased prominence with investors globally. But has ESG given rise to a new...more
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
Key Points - The Fund Manager Code of Conduct will be amended to require fund managers managing collective investment schemes to take climate-related risks into consideration in their investment and risk management...more
In this episode, the first in our three-part EU ESG Considerations for Beginners miniseries, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Ezra Zahabi looks at the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and what it means...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to the Chairs of Authorised Fund Managers (AFMs) with respect to its expectations on the quality of information provided to investors of investment funds focused on investing...more
FCA has published guiding principles on the design, delivery, and disclosure of ESG and sustainable investment funds. On 19 July 2021, the FCA published a letter sent to chairs of authorised fund managers, which sets out...more
Wir setzen unsere erfolgreiche Online-Seminarreihe fort und widmen uns erneut dem wichtigen Thema ESG. Am 10.06.21 ist die Offenlegungsverordnung seit drei Monaten in Kraft. Das (teilweise) Inkrafttreten der...more
We are continuing our successful online seminar series and are once again devoting ourselves to the important topic of ESG. On June 10th, the Disclosure Ordinance has been in force for three months. The (partial) entry into...more
As we discussed in our recent post “What to Expect from the SEC Under the Biden Administration,” market participants can expect a more vigorous SEC enforcement program under the new administration. President Biden’s nominee...more
This edition of Private Equity Comment looks at the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, which fund managers will need to comply with beginning 10 March, 2021, an ongoing consultation on European Long Term Investment...more
Die EU treibt die Umsetzung der Offenlegungs-Verordnung voran und hat konkrete Entwürfe für die Anlegerdokumente von ESG-Fonds vorgelegt. Um vergleichbare Informationen für alle betroffenen Produkte zu gewährleisten, sind die...more