On July 20, 2023, the Council of the European Union (EU) announced1 a provisional agreement had been reached with the EU Parliament on the amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) – commonly...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking industry feedback in a discussion paper (DP)1 on potential regulatory reform of the asset management sector. If enacted, the UK Government’s Future Regulatory Framework...more
The FCA announced earlier yesterday that it will consult on amending the definition of 'Significant SYSC Firm' to ensure that no firms will be subject to the enhanced rules of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime...more
The proposed disclosure rules applicable to UK investment managers have been published for comment by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The rules focus on enhancing transparency on climate-related risks and align...more
On 24 December 2020, the government of the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) reached a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “Agreement”) in advance of the end of the Brexit transition period (11:00 p.m. GMT on...more
1/6/2021
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
Welcome to the 2020 edition of In Principle. With the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) on31 January 2020, and moving into a transition period which will last until 31 December 2020, Brexit of courselooms...more
1/30/2020
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Certifications ,
Climate Change ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EMIR ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Firms ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Libor ,
Market Abuse ,
National Competent Authorities (NCA) ,
Personal Liability ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Senior Managers ,
SFTR ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Sustainability ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
As part of the EU Sustainability Action Plan and the Sustainable Finance initiative, the revised Directive 2007/36/EC (the “Shareholder Rights Directive” or “SRD II”) introduces new requirements on asset managers to establish...more
5/31/2019
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Institutional Investors ,
MiFID II ,
New Rules ,
Public Disclosure ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Stakeholder Engagement ,
UCITS
In the 2018 edition of this publication, we ended the introduction with the line, “We can only hope that we will enter 2019 with greater certainty than 2018 as to how the regulatory landscape will look.” Unfortunately,...more
1/31/2019
/ Amended Regulation ,
Asset Management ,
Banking Sector ,
Benchmarks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Compensation Agreements ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EMIR ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Infrastructure ,
Libor ,
Market Abuse ,
Market Infrastructure ,
Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) ,
SMCR ,
Sustainability ,
UK Brexit
There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more
1/25/2018
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Appeals ,
Asset Management ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Banks ,
Code of Conduct ,
Compensation ,
Competition ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EMIR ,
Encryption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Internal Investigations ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Law Firm Ownership ,
Law Firm Partners ,
Market Abuse ,
MiFID II ,
Mobile Apps ,
New Legislation ,
Notification Requirements ,
Penalties ,
Performance Reviews ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Royal Bank of Scotland ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) ,
SFO ,
SFTR ,
Short Selling ,
Skilled Laborers ,
SMCR ,
Technology Sector ,
Transparency ,
Trustees ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Wall Street
On 28 June 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the Asset Management Market Study Final Report (the “Asset Management Review”) as well as a Consultation Paper setting out some proposed changes to the FCA’s...more
7/3/2017
/ AFMs ,
Asset Management ,
Comment Period ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Independent Directors ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Public Comment ,
Senior Management Regime (SMR) ,
UCITS ,
UK
Financial regulation is in a constant state of flux or, if you are feeling generous, evolution. In this publication, we focus on 10 key issues that we believe firms should be aware of going into 2016:
- increased...more
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This alert sets out details of a recently published final notice issued by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regarding the management of conflicts of interest within UK-licensed investment managers....more
Last week the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published two papers likely to have a significant impact on the day-to-day operation of investment fund managers in the immediate and medium term....more