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K&L Gates LLP

Brussels Regulatory Brief: February 2025

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Antitrust and Competition - The French Competition Authority Launches Public Consultation Addressing Below-Threshold Transactions - On 14 January 2025, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence, FCA)...more

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Q&A: What does 2025 have in store for sustainability in European infrastructure funds?

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Within the investment industry, sustainability is an area that has evolved significantly over the past few years. For infrastructure funds, the regulatory environment and regional differences have created a complex landscape...more

Hogan Lovells

EU SFDR: the future of sustainable finance disclosure and recommendations of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance

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2024 was set to be the year of review for the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). A number of different approaches have been suggested by the European Commission, national competent authorities and other...more

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Enforcement update: EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)

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EU competent authorities seem to be stepping up enforcement actions for SFDR disclosure acting as a timely reminder for fund managers to ensure that holdings and procedures for allocating investments align with statements in...more

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The ESMA Sets Out Its Long-term Vision on the Functioning of the Sustainable Finance Framework

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On 24 July 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an opinion on the sustainable finance regulatory framework (the "ESMA Opinion"), which outlines the ESMA's long-term vision for the functioning...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New EU Regulatory Technical Standards on Reporting of Sustainability Impacts of Securitisations Come Into Force

Implementation: The Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (EU Securitisation Regulation) on Principal Adverse Impacts (PAI) of simple, transparent and standardised (STS)...more

Goodwin

Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds - May 2024

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Welcome to the second edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory, and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect to...more

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Insight Report 2 - From Green Intention to Action

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Although investors clearly recognize the Real Estate Investment Imperative and almost all firms are making efforts to reduce the energy intensity of their property portfolio, our global study reveals that only 45% of real...more

Ius Laboris

Recent developments in ESG and pensions

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The main provisions of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation have been in force since 2021, but compliance remains a challenge for many market participants. Here is an update on the state of play....more

Goodwin

The Seeds for SFDR II? Two EU Commission Consultations

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The European Commission (the Commission) has published two consultations to both evaluate and assess enhancements to the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Open until 15 December 2023, the Commission is...more

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EU Sustainable Finance Legislative Impact on Private Funds: Overview Guide - June 2023

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The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is a European regulation that has applied directly in the EU (and EEA countries) since March 2021. The aim of the SFDR is to provide harmonised disclosure requirements,...more

Morgan Lewis

Sustainable Finance: a Strategic Priority for the UAE

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The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) recently announced the implementation of one of the first sustainable finance frameworks in the region that will come into force with immediate effect. The framework encompasses rules on...more

Hogan Lovells

EU Sustainable Finance Package and development in EU Taxonomy and SFDR interactions

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On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published a new sustainable finance package. In particular the package of measures included (i) recommendations in respect of facilitating transition finance, (ii) a proposal in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

European Commission Action on Climate Taxonomy and ESG Rating Provider Regulation

On June 13, 2023, the European Commission published “a new package of measures to build on and strengthen the foundations of the EU sustainable finance framework.” The aim is to ensure that the EU sustainable finance...more

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The EU Sustainable Finance Package: key points for private fund managers

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On 13 June the European Commission (the Commission) published a new package of measures to bolster the EU sustainable finance framework.  Its aim is to: “ensure that the EU sustainable finance framework continues to...more

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ESAs publish detailed Q&A on SFDR RTS

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On 17 November 2022, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published a detailed set of questions and answers (Q&A) on Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 which supplements the EU...more

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ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up - October 2022

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After a relatively quiet August in the area of sustainable finance-related disclosures, we have looked back throughout September 2022 and summarised the key points coming out of the EU....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

In Principle: Key Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2022

The SFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation: Key Developments and What Firms Can Expect in the Coming Year - Almost a year on from the date on which the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) came into...more

Alston & Bird

Investment Management, Trading & Markets – Secondaries Update – Q4 2021

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Welcome to Alston & Bird’s second quarterly update on the secondaries market. In this issue, we share insights on real estate secondaries, GP consent trends, current market updates (courtesy of M20 for this issue), and news...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

EU Taxonomy Regulation — A Major Building Block for Comprehensive ESG Measures in Europe

The EU’s Green Deal, adopted in 2019, calls for achieving net zero greenhouse-gas emissions in the EU by 2050 and other very ambitious goals. Meeting them will require very significant shifts in the economy worldwide over...more

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FCA seeks views on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labels

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On 3 November 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a discussion paper on the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) together with the long awaited investment labels (DP21/4). These reflect the...more

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FCA discussion paper on entity and product level Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) for the UK investment management...

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On 3 November 2021 the FCA published a discussion paper (DP) seeking views on how best to introduce Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) for certain asset managers and FCA-regulated asset owners, as well as a...more

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[Webinar] An Introduction Into European ESG Regulation and Implementation - November 11th, 10:00 am EST

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Please join us for a new webinar series dedicated to Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) issues and how they will impact your business. To kick off the series, we will provide an introduction to European ESG...more

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