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Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
The European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending...more
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more
The FCA consultation paper CP24/7 “Payment Optionality for Investment Research” considers the reintroduction of the bundling of research payments with broker’s execution fees....more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has opened a consultation setting out proposals for allowing firms to use joint (bundled) payments for third-party research and execution services, subject to certain requirements being...more
In November, McDermott Will & Emery was pleased to host our annual European Health & Life Sciences Symposium in Paris. Welcoming a large crowd of healthcare professionals, investors and dealmakers for a programme of...more
On 10 January 2024, K2 Integrity and Schulte Roth & Zabel hosted a webinar on the state of corporate activism across various regions. Jason Wright, senior managing director at K2 Integrity, moderated the discussion with Lisa...more
Management services for alternative investment funds (AIFs) will be free from value-added tax (VAT) starting in 2024. This is good news for Germany as a fund location because there will finally be alignment with the more...more
The definition of a “cryptoasset” is unchanged from the February Consultation. The cryptoasset activities that will come into scope of the new regime are unchanged from those in the February Consultation, with amendments...more
Welcome to the July – September 2023 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds. This report covers key dates and developments during the quarter, such...more
The NY Climate Week conference took place during the week of 18 September 2023, bringing together international leaders from business and governments. During the conference the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial...more
The EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (“MiFID II”), which came into effect on January 3, 2018, raised concerns that U.S. broker-dealers that would receive “hard dollars” for research from firms subject to MiFID...more
Regulator Takes Strict Approach - Managers seeking to rely on reverse solicitation by EU investors should take note of last year’s enforcement action by the French regulator. The enforcement action, while confirming that...more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
Wealth managers and advisers, and distributors in relation to non-retail investment products, for example interests in private equity funds or hedge funds, sustainability linked bonds and other private capital related...more
Synopsis - Since its introduction in 1990, the Irish corporate res- cue scheme known as examinership has proven itself adept at evolving to the requirements of modern com- plex cross-border corporate restructurings. ...more
The firm is pleased to distribute the Q2 2023 edition of All Eyes on AI: Regulatory, Litigation, and Transactional Developments, which closely follows the evolving regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence (AI) in the...more
Die Europäischen Aufsichtsbehörden haben am 1. Juni ihre Fortschrittsberichte über Greenwashing veröffentlicht. Die Berichte enthalten ein gemeinsames Verständnis von Greenwashing und helfen so, Marktteilnehmern und...more
The issue of how firms should pay for investment research continues to be a controversial topic in the financial markets. The U.S. has maintained the approach it adopted before the mid-2000s, which is to permit investment...more
On May 24, 2023, the European Commission published a Retail Investment Strategy package aimed at enhancing retail investor protections across the EU and encouraging participation in the EU capital markets. The package...more
The European Commission has rejected suggestions that it introduce minimum environmental standards for Article 8 or Article 9 funds under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). On April 14, 2023, the...more
The issue of how investment research should be paid for by investors is controversial, long-standing and seemingly perennially the subject of legislative iterations, failure and unintended consequence and more reform. Before...more
European Union - In May 2022, the GC upheld the EC's €28 million fine imposed on Canon for gun jumping in the context of a so-called warehousing structure. Interestingly, the GC ruled that the standstill obligation does...more
What is in store for Privacy and Cybersecurity in 2023 - As the year ends, we offer this special edition with predictions for 2023 from each member of the Cyber Bits Partner Committee. Regardless of what happens in 2023, we...more