The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (“Taxonomy RTS”) on product-level disclosures that apply to funds or portfolios that promote or make environmentally...more
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published the final draft of the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which set out the detailed disclosure...more
European financial supervisory authorities have requested the European Commission to clarify key areas of ambiguity regarding the scope and application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), including its...more
1/18/2021
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Business Plans ,
Business Strategies ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Popular ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability
1. New EU and UK disclosure requirements -
The new disclosure requirements for investment managers and advisers with respect to their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies will apply in the European...more
11/25/2020
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Green Finance ,
Investment Management ,
MiFID II ,
Popular ,
SFDR ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
UCITS ,
UK
On 25 February 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its process for the notification and disclosure of net short positions under the European Union Short Selling Regulation (SSR).
To be able to submit a...more
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
Regulation (EU) 2015/2365, the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), imposes a number of requirements on EU fund managers (see the previous Akin Gump client alert on SFTR, The New Securities Financing...more
The Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (“SFTR”), which imposes requirements on EU AIFMs and UCITS managers to make certain disclosures to investors, was adopted by the European Council on 16 November 2015. Some of...more
Summary -
On 26 November 2015, the United Kingdom’s major shareholding notification rules will be amended in order to implement the requirements of the revised Transparency Directive (“TD2”, as amended by Directive...more