Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Three Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing the EU Green Bonds Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/2631) have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ), namely: - Commission Delegated Regulation...more
As part of the European Commission’s strategy for financing the transition to a sustainable economy, the EU has been debating for some time how best to put in place a regulatory regime for EU green bonds. This has resulted...more
The Situation: On October 5, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the European Green Bond Regulation ("EuGB Regulation"), establishing a voluntary harmonized standard open to both EU and...more
On 10 May 2023, the Council of the European Union (the "Council") submitted a draft for a European Green Bonds Regulation (the "Draft EuGB Regulation") to the European Parliament for review and approval....more
When the European Parliament announced that political agreement on the EU Green Bond Regulation (the Regulation) had been reached with the Council on 28 February 2023, rapporteur Paul Tang was quoted as saying...more
On October 10, 2022, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its long awaited report on the functioning of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (the “EU Securitisation Regulation”). The report reflects the Commission’s...more
To meet the ambitious targets set by the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the finance markets must be utilised to a much greater degree to enable sustainable projects and allow access to wider sources of capital....more
U.S. DEVELOPMENTS - SEC and NYSE/Nasdaq Developments - SEC Proposes to Expand “Testing the Waters” Exemption to Permit Pre-Offering Communications - On 19 February 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
The EU sustainable finance market has developed organically, guided by voluntary but universally accepted principles. According to recent research, climate change could cost up to 19 per cent. of Global GDP by the end of...more