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UK FCA highlights areas for improvement in private market valuation processes

A&O Shearman on 3/13/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of the multi-firm assessment of valuation practices and governance for valuing private equity, venture capital, private debt and infrastructure assets. The...more

Regulatory Disputes Series: A Spotlight on Crypto

Conyers on 1/24/2025

In the First Edition of our Regulatory Disputes Series, digital assets and fintech topped our list of hot topics to watch for the future of offshore regulatory disputes. In this Fourth Edition, we provide an update on...more

UK guidance on acquisitions and increases in control in PRA and FCA authorised firms

A&O Shearman on 11/12/2024

The UK financial services regulators, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have recently set out their final policy on the assessment of acquisitions and increases in control of PRA...more

UK: FCA update on SDR and investment labels consultation

Hogan Lovells on 3/30/2023

The FCA has confirmed that it is delaying its final rules and policy statement in relation to the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels proposals from the end of June 2023 to Q3 2023....more

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

Goodwin on 10/18/2022

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

ESG Market Alert – July 2022

Hogan Lovells on 7/5/2022

In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: Our inaugural ESG Game Changers Summit; The ESA’s consultation on standardised Simple,...more

ESG: 2021 Trends and Expectations for 2022

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/15/2022

Throughout 2021, the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters proved to be even greater than many had expected, with ESG becoming a key area of focus for a range of stakeholders, particularly in the...more

ESG Disclosures: Guiding Principles and Best Practices for Investment Managers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/30/2020

Whether preparing or reviewing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures for compliance with regulatory requirements in the EU, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States (US), or for alignment with ESG best...more

Artificial Intelligence: UK Regulators' and Supervisors' growing expectations of Boards and Senior Managers of regulated entities

White & Case LLP on 8/6/2019

On 1 August 2019, the UK FCA published an article titled "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Boardroom" in its Insight series of opinion and analysis. Its author, Magnus Falk, a senior technology adviser at the FCA who used...more

Financial Services: UK Regulators Shine a Spotlight on Cybersecurity and Technology Resilience

King & Spalding on 4/4/2019

In a paper published last month,[i] the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) set out various cybersecurity insights gleaned from the work of cyber coordination groups (“CCGs”) the regulator established in 2017. The...more

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