2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...more
2/12/2025
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Capital Markets ,
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Financial Services Industry ,
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Sustainable Finance
On 6 March 2023, by a 3-2 vote of the Commissioners split along party lines, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” final...more
3/14/2024
/ Capital Markets ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investors ,
Regulation S-K ,
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Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order (the “Order”) extending conditional relief to reporting companies affected by the novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”). The Order provides...more
Last week, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a joint statement urging public companies to be transparent and thorough in...more
SEC Extends Conditional Relief for Reporting Companies.
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order (the “Order”) extending conditional relief to reporting companies affected by the...more
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread and its impact on the U.S. markets and economy rapidly intensifies, U.S. public companies are faced with a number of complex disclosure and other considerations they...more
BACKGROUND -
On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed extensive amendments to the rules governing the financial disclosures that reporting companies must make regarding the acquisition and...more