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Asset Management Regulatory Year in Review 2024

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2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...more

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Japan Proposes New Guidelines on ESG Public Funds in Response to ‘Greenwashing’ Concerns

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With a view toward promoting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments and building a more sustainable society, the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) has proposed new guidelines that define the scope of ESG...more

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Japan's International Financial City Initiative Continues in Full Force, Aiming to Attract Foreign Managers with Licensing...

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In November of 2021, Japan adopted two licensing exemptions aimed at assisting foreign asset managers who intend to open offices in Japan. This is another important step forward for Japan’s International Financial City...more

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ESG Regulatory Developments in the UK, Japan, and Hong Kong

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INTRODUCTION - We’ve heard a lot over the past year about Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) regulatory developments affecting asset managers in the European Union, which is regarded as leading the way on ESG...more

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Japan Puts Forth Bold Legislation to Attract More Foreign Asset Managers to Upgrade Global Financial Center Status in...

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Japan is making bold policy and legislative actions to reshape its regulatory landscape for the asset management industry, aiming to invite more foreign asset managers to Japan and further elevate Japan’s status as a global...more

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Promoting Foreign Asset Managers’ Entry into the Japanese Market: Amendments to FIEA

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The Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) recently submitted a bill to the National Diet of Japan including certain amendments to finance-related laws for purposes of strengthening Japan’s financial system and financial...more

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Japan to Establish Financial Market Entry Office and Promote English Filings

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The Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) announced on November 6 that together with the local finance bureaus, it will establish a Financial Market Entry Office (FME Office upgraded from the current Financial Market Entry...more

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COVID-19 in Japan: State of Emergency Declared, Emergency Economic Measures Issued

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The Japanese government declared a state of emergency with respect to seven prefectures on April 7. The government also has issued emergency policies in response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including the...more

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COVID-19’s Impact on Annual Report Filing Requirements in Japan

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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

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Blockchain Week in Review - September 2019

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U.S. Developments - VanEck and SolidX to Offer Bitcoin ETF to Qualified Institutional Buyers - On September 3, 2019, VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management LLC announced that they are seeking to use Rule 144A of...more

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Japan Introduces New Requirement to Identify Companies’ Beneficial Owners

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In an effort to increase transparency in the control of Japanese companies—and to prevent organized crime and terrorists from misusing companies—Japan has recently introduced a requirement that, in order for a company’s...more

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New Japanese Fund Regulatory Framework: FSA’s Proposed Rules and Public Consultation

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On May 27, 2015, an amendment bill to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (“FIEA”) passed the Diet, which would come into effect sometime next year but no later than June 3, 2016 (“2015 Amendment”). The 2015...more

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