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EMIR REFIT Reporting: The Clock is Ticking – Are You Ready?

Time to go-live is short – Monday 29 April 2024 for EU EMIR, and Monday 30 September 2024 for UK EMIR. All in-scope derivatives users will be affected by the changes....more

Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - European Regulatory Initiatives

AIFMD Marketing/Pre-marketing – Cross-border distribution of investment funds - Changes to EU law on the cross-border distribution of AIFs and UCITS came into effect on 2 August 2021. Following Brexit, UK AIFMs are out of...more

Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - LIBOR

Focus remains on the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a key interest rate benchmark that is referenced across many of the agreements that you, funds you manage or advise or entities that you...more

Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - ESG

Of most significance are the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the Taxonomy Regulation that impact “Financial Market Participants” (FMPs) (which includes, amongst others, AIFMs, UCITS ManCos, Portfolio...more

Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - April 2021

This note sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed with regard to ESG, LIBOR and Brexit. The paper also...more

LIBOR: Time to put your foot down

Andrew Bailey’s most recent speech on LIBOR transition (now in his new capacity as Governor of the Bank of England) likened the transition away from LIBOR to the game of cricket...more

EMIR Alert: Refit Reporting Changes Go Live

18 June 2020 will mark one year since the EMIR Refit Regulation (the “EMIR Refit”) came into force. On the same date, the reporting responsibility changes introduced by the EMIR Refit will take effect....more

Brexit Done? Eight Things UK Managers Need to Know About the Brexit Transition Period

Britain’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, secured victory in the December 2019 general election with a promise to “get Brexit done.” The UK duly left the European Union (EU) on 31 January, 2020, and the UK and the EU have...more

SFTR Alert: Buy-side reporting reprieve

A recent exchange of letters between the European Commission and ESMA and AIMA has confirmed that non-EU AIFs (irrespective of manager location) will not be subject to the SFTR reporting obligation, bringing welcome clarity...more

EMIR Alert: Margin Clarity Ahead

Earlier this month, the ESAs published a final report on proposed updates to the existing EMIR margin rules (the “Margin RTS Updates”). Although not yet final, the absence of a public consultation and fast approaching...more

EMIR ALERT: EMIR REFIT – 19 days to go…

On Tuesday 28 May 2019, the EMIR Refit Regulation (the "EMIR Refit") was published in the Official Journal. Relevant entities now have only 19 days to prepare for some of the key changes, ahead of the go live date of Monday...more

SFTR Alert: Reporting Countdown

Triggered by last month’s publication in the Official Journal, today, 20 days following that publication, marks the day that the regulatory technical standards (RTS) relating to the new Securities Financing Transactions...more

Brexit for Derivatives? New Irish and French Law ISDA Master Agreements for the Derivatives Market

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") has published two new ISDA Master Agreements in a Brexit prompted update for the European OTC Derivatives market. What has happened? On 28 June 2018, new...more

Financial Services Quarterly Report - First Quarter 2018: LIBOR – Where Are We Now?

Discussion of LIBOR was catapulted back into the spotlight last summer when Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), gave a speech1 on the reference rate’s future. The key take-away was...more

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