This article, updated quarterly, looks ahead to the areas expected to be prioritised by financial services regulators across the globe; we look at the key regulatory trends emerging from the past year which inform our...more
8/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Requirements ,
Climate Change ,
Crisis Management ,
Cryptoassets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK ,
United States
This article, updated quarterly, looks ahead to the areas expected to be prioritized by financial services regulators across the globe; we look at the key regulatory trends emerging from the past year which inform our...more
5/14/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Climate Change ,
Crisis Management ,
Cryptoassets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Greenwashing ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Strategic Planning ,
UK
On 1st November 2023, the new Luxembourg law of 7 August 2023 on the continuation of businesses and modernisation of insolvency law (the "Law") enters into force.
This long-awaited reform implements Directive 2019/1023...more
A number of regulators across the globe responded to recent market volatility by introducing temporary short selling bans and/or market restrictions. Such bans have since expired as of 18 May 2020. Other regulators (including...more
A number of regulators across the globe responded to recent market volatility by introducing temporary short selling bans and/or market restrictions. Such bans have since expired as of 18 May 2020. Other regulators (including...more
6/17/2020
/ AMF ,
BaFin ,
Capital Markets ,
CONSOB ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Instruments ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Markets Authority (FMA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FSMA ,
Short Selling
A number of regulators across the globe responded to recent market volatility by introducing temporary short selling bans and/or market restrictions. Such bans have since expired as of 18 May 2020. Other regulators (including...more
5/28/2020
/ Austria ,
Belgium ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Federal Bans ,
Financial Markets ,
France ,
Germany ,
Greece ,
Investors ,
Italy ,
Restricted Transactions ,
Short Selling ,
Spain ,
Stock Exchange ,
UK
A number of regulators across the globe have responded to recent market volatility by introducing temporary short selling bans and/or market restrictions. Other regulators (including the UK) say that there is no evidence to...more
4/20/2020
/ Austria ,
Belgium ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
France ,
Germany ,
Greece ,
Investors ,
Italy ,
Market Conditions ,
Short Sales ,
Spain ,
Stock Exchange ,
Trade Restrictions ,
UK
Valdis Dombrovskis has a full in-tray that includes securing the EU banking and capital markets union as he begins his term at the European Commission.
The new President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,...more
12/24/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Capital Markets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
EU ,
EU Banking Union ,
European Commission ,
Examination Priorities ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Green Finance ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
The Banking Reform Package marks a milestone in the new EU regulatory landscape.
On 27 June 2019, a series of measures referred to as the Banking Reform Package comes into force, subject to various transitional and staged...more
6/28/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Banking Reform ,
Banks ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Central Counterparties ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Central Securities Depository Directive ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Financial Holding Company ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Stability Board ,
Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
International Harmonization ,
Market Risk Capital Rule ,
MiFID II ,
MREL ,
Retail Investors ,
Single Resolution Mechanism Regulation (SRMR) ,
Software ,
Systemic Risk Buffer ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
TLAC
The new Belgian Code on Companies and Associations enters into force on 1 May 2019.
The Belgian Code on Companies and Associations (the "BCCA"), enacted by the Belgian parliament on 28 February 2019, repeals the existing...more
5/1/2019
/ Amended Rules ,
Articles of Association ,
Belgium ,
Board of Directors ,
Bonds ,
Capital Requirements ,
Code on Companies and Associations (the BCCA) ,
Conflict Resolution ,
Corporate Dissolution ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Liability ,
Directors ,
Dividends ,
For-Profit Corporations ,
Liquidation ,
Nonprofits ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities ,
Share Capital ,
Shareholder Distributions ,
Shareholders ,
Stock Repurchases ,
Updated Forms ,
Voting Rights