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European Parliament plenary adopts amendments to Benchmarks Regulation

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The European Parliament has confirmed it has adopted the regulation amending the Benchmark Regulation (for background, please see our update). The regulation will apply to benchmarks defined as critical or significant,...more

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FMSB Statement of good practice on the governance of sustainability-linked products

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The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has issued a Statement of Good Practice (SoGP) on the governance of sustainability-linked products (SLPs), along with a press release. SLPs are products where the financial and/or...more

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ESMA publishes overview of planned consultations for 2025

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The European Securities and Markets Authority has published an overview of its planned consultations for 2025. The consultations relate to workstreams under the EU Listing Act,...more

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ESMA notifies EC of delay of certain deliverables

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a letter (dated 3 March) addressed to the European Commission on the prioritisation of ESMA's 2025 deliverables. ESMA's letter sets out specific items which...more

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European Commission communication on EU competitiveness compass

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The European Commission has published a communication on a Competitiveness Compass for the EU, which sets out an action plan in response to the Draghi report published in September 2024. The communication sets out the...more

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Luxembourg CSSF Introduces First Sanction Regarding SFDR

On 15 October 2024, the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) imposed a fine of EUR 56,500 against a fund manager, Aviva Investors Luxembourg S.A. (the “Manager”), with regards to the...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: October 2024

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On 18 September 2024, the General Court of the European Union (General Court) largely upheld the fine imposed by the European Commission (Commission) finding that a global tech company had engaged in predatory pricing of its...more

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European Commission report on the future of European competitiveness

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The European Commission has published a report on the future of European competitiveness, prepared by Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank. The report aims to set out a new industrial strategy for...more

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Labour's Plans for Financial Services Regulation: What We Know

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Labour have won the general election, with a landslide victory of 412 seats. We address the question for financial services firms: what are their regulatory plans for financial services? Although their election manifesto was...more

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UAE looks to sustainable finance to boost transition

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There is a growing awareness and demand in the UAE for sustainable investment opportunities. To meet this demand, Jodi Norman and Will Tunstall-Prince explain how recent reforms are now putting sustainable finance at the...more

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Adoption of Final Version of European Green Bond Standard: A New Landmark Tool for Sustainable Finance

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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

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EU Proposes Reducing Scope of the EU Benchmark Regulation

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The European Commission has published a legislative proposal for reducing the scope of the EU Benchmark Regulation. The EU BMR provides the authorization and registration requirements for benchmark administrators, including...more

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SFDR Updated Regulatory Technical Standards on Fossil Gas and Nuclear Energy Activities and Central Bank Fast-Track

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/363 (the Delegated Regulation), which amends and corrects the existing Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) regulatory technical standards in relation to the content and...more

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Sustainable finance: The road so far and a look ahead

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ESG, sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation, social impact investing and related themes have become ubiquitous concepts that seem to be top of mind for every board director, financier and investor. While...more

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Navigating Uncertain Waters: ESG Takeaways for Private Capital Firms Subject to EU Law

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues continue to be a very significant topic for the private capital industry, whether through increasing demands from investors and other stakeholders or the continued stream of...more

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European Central Bank Announces Plans to “Green” the Debt Capital Markets

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The policy change integrates climate change considerations for the first time into the ECB’s quantitative easing and repo facilities. On July 4, 2022, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it would integrate...more

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Further Clarifications on Anti-Greenwashing Standards for Financial Products in the European Union

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In its Sustainable Finance Roadmap 2022-2024, European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has recently underscored the importance of developing a cohesive supervisory approach in the area of sustainable finance across...more

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Final SFDR Regulatory Technical Standards Provide Private Fund Managers With Clarity, but Add Obligations

[co-author: Krishane Sri Rajkumar] On 6 April 2022, the European Commission finally adopted the regulatory technical standards (RTS) to supplement the Sustainability-Related Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the EU Taxonomy...more

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European Banking Authority Publishes Final Draft Implementing Technical Standards on Prudential Disclosures of ESG Risks

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The European Banking Authority has published final draft Implementing Technical Standards on Pillar 3 prudential disclosures of environmental, social and governance risks under the EU Capital Requirements Regulation. The ITS...more

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German Regulator Combats Greenwashing by Proposing Guidelines on "Sustainable" Investment Funds

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The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ("BaFin") has published a consultation on draft guidelines for sustainable investment funds containing specifications on what UCITS and AIF management companies must include...more

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EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation: Another Step Towards An ESG-Driven Economy

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On March 10, 2021, a host of provisions came into effect as part of the European Union’s (“EU”) Regulation on Sustainability‐Related Disclosures in the Financial Services Sector (the “Sustainable Finance Disclosure...more

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ESG Regulation Watch: EU Developments

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The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) - The SFDR is part of a package of measures introduced to implement the EU action plan on sustainable finance which aims to push more capital towards sustainable...more

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EU Sustainable Finance Consultation – ensuring the grass is greener on the other side

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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

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Overview of the European Sustainability Taxonomy Regulation

Introduction - On 15 April 2020, the Council of the European Union published a press release stating that it had reached political agreement on the regulation on the establishment of an EU-wide framework designed to...more

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