The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)¹ has, since becoming effective in March 2021, changed the approach to the establishment and marketing of sustainable investment products in the European Union (EU)....more
EMIR saw significant change last year. Further change is happening now in the form of a new amending Regulation known as EMIR 3.0.
Read on for a deep dive into those changes and how they might impact you....more
The role of sustainability factors in the operations and investment management activities of asset managers has long been a subject of discussion and, in some jurisdictions, controversy. In recent years, however, the...more
2/6/2025
/ Asset Management ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Management ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainability
2024 has been a big year for EMIR, with significant changes to the EMIR reporting obligation having already taken effect for both EU EMIR and UK EMIR. For EU EMIR, further changes are happening now in the shape of a new...more
Marketing will now expressly fall within the scope of delegation under AIFMD 2.0, to the extent that it is carried out on behalf of the alternative investment fund manager (AIFM). AIFMD 2.0 clarifies that only distributors...more
10/21/2024
/ AIFM ,
AIFs ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FATF ,
Investment ,
Marketing ,
MiFID ,
National Competent Authorities (NCA) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UCITS ,
UK
2024 is a big year for EMIR reporting. In April 2024, the EU EMIR refit reporting changes took effect. On Monday 30 September 2024, the UK EMIR reporting changes go live. In this article we take a high-level look at the...more
DORA became law in December 2022 but provides for a grace period until 17 January 2025 for organisations to put in place the necessary measures to comply.
The new rules will require engagement from both an operational and...more
3/7/2024
/ Asset Management ,
Audits ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Rules ,
Penalties ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Risk ,
UCITS
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
As noted in our earlier OnPoint, on 25 November 2021, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted a package of measures that aimed to deliver on several key commitments in the 2020 Capital Markets Union action plan,...more
5/31/2023
/ AIFM ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Capital Markets Union ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Investment ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
MiFID II ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UCITS
On 9 December 2022, in Edinburgh, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a set of reforms that are intended to drive growth and competitiveness in the financial services sector (the Edinburgh Reforms or the Reforms)....more
12/20/2022
/ Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSMA ,
Long-Term Investment Funds ,
MiFID ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Scotland ,
Short Selling ,
Sustainable Finance ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
On 23 June 2021, the French financial markets authority, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (the AMF) announced new quarterly reporting obligations relating to (i) indemnification payments to unitholders and (ii) breaches of...more
Asset managers across geographies and asset classes are increasingly incorporating environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) considerations at all levels of the investment management business. Increased focus on ESG has...more
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
6/2/2020
/ AIFM ,
AIFs ,
Derivatives ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
Financial Counterparties (FC) ,
Non-Financial Counterparties (NFC) ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SFTR ,
UCITS