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European Banking Authority Publishes Final Draft Implementing Technical Standards on Prudential Disclosures of ESG Risks

The European Banking Authority has published final draft Implementing Technical Standards on Pillar 3 prudential disclosures of environmental, social and governance risks under the EU Capital Requirements Regulation. The ITS...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Feedback Statement on Access to Wholesale Data

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a feedback statement relating to the call for input on accessing and using wholesale data. In the feedback statement, the FCA summarizes the responses received and the FCA's...more

European Securities and Markets Authority Publishes Call for Evidence on Distributed Ledger Technology Pilot Regime and MiFIR...

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a call for evidence on the need to amend existing Regulatory Technical Standards under the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation to accommodate the upcoming...more

European Securities and Markets Authority Publishes Guidelines on MiFID II Appropriateness and Execution-Only Requirements

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published new Guidelines on the appropriateness and execution-only requirements under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. The appropriateness requirements...more

UK Conduct Regulator's Rules for Use of Synthetic Sterling and Yen LIBOR Enter Into Force

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's new rules permitting legacy use of certain synthetic sterling and yen LIBOR settings enter into force today. The FCA has published its final notice confirming that ICE Benchmark...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority Confirms Approach to Supervision of Commodity Derivatives Position Limits Regime

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a statement confirming its approach to supervising commodity derivatives position limits. The statement follows the FCA's Supervisory Statement on the operation of the...more

UK Regulator Issues Statement on Extension of Exemption for UCITS From PRIIPs Disclosure Requirements

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a statement in which it confirms that it will amend the Technical Standards and related Handbook provisions to align with the extended exemption from the requirements of the...more

EU Amending Technical Standards Improve PRIIPs Regulation Requirements

An EU Commission Delegated Regulation (2021/2268) amending the Regulatory Technical Standards supplementing the EU Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance-based Products Regulation has been published in the Official Journal...more

UK Regulator Confirms Legacy Use of Synthetic LIBOR

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that the use of  certain synthetic sterling and yen LIBOR settings will be permitted until the end of 2022 for legacy LIBOR-referencing contracts, other than cleared...more

European Commissioner Announces Proposed Extension of Equivalence for UK CCPs

European Commissioner McGuinness has announced that in early 2022 the European Commission will be proposing an extension of the time-limited equivalence granted to U.K. CCPs...more

European Commission Proposes Revisions to MIFID II

The European Commission has published legislative proposals to amend the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation. The proposals are part of the Commission's package of...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority Announces New Approach to Speed Up Issuing Statutory Notices

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement setting out its new approach to issuing statutory notices, which will take effect from November 26, 2021. The FCA publishes statutory notices when...more

Law Commission Confirms England and Wales Law Can Accommodate Smart Contracts

The Law Commission has concluded that the existing law of England and Wales can accommodate smart contracts and there is no need for legislative reform. It has published advice to the U.K. Government and a separate summary of...more

Bank of England Drops Warning Against Profit Distributions for Financial Market Infrastructures

The Bank of England has written to the CEOs of all regulated U.K. financial market infrastructures notifying them that they are no longer expected to discuss prospective shareholder distributions with the BoE....more

Bank of England and HM Treasury Announce Next Steps for UK Central Bank Digital Currency

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have announced the next steps in the development of a U.K. Central Bank Digital Currency. These include the following...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Environmental, Social and Governance Strategy

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published an environmental, social and governance strategy to support the financial sector in the transition to a "net zero", more sustainable and more inclusive economy....more

UK Announces Plans to be World's First Net Zero Financial Centre

The U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the U.K. Government's plans to make the U.K. the world's first net zero financial centre. Under the plans, U.K. financial institutions will need to have robust...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Discussion Paper on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Investment Labels

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a discussion paper on its proposed Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and sustainable investment labels. The FCA is seeking initial views on these proposals with the...more

European Securities and Markets Authority Issues Statement on Investment Recommendations on Social Media

The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued a statement on the requirements under the EU Market Abuse Regulation for firms and individuals that make investment recommendations on social media. ESMA is concerned...more

Revised Global Principles on Outsourcing for Regulated Participants in the Securities Markets

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published an updated Principles on Outsourcing for regulated market participants in the securities markets.  The updated Principles are based on IOSCO’s 2005...more

EU Delegated Regulation on Ancillary Activity Criteria under MiFID II

An EU Commission Delegated Regulation (2021/1833) on the criteria for when an activity will be considered as ancillary to the main business has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.  The changes to the...more

ESMA’s Post-Brexit Regime for UK Investment Firms Revisited—‘Equivalence’ or Direct Regulation?

The European Union’s financial regulatory regime for third-country access in many sectors relies on a framework of “equivalence,” whereby institutions based in approved non-EU countries with similar standards may have varying...more

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Europe Edition, July 2020

In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal European, U.S., U.K. and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to European corporates. ...more

UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

On 26 June 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the “Act”) introduced the biggest reforms in a generation of U.K. insolvency law. It also implemented several temporary changes to both insolvency and company...more

Navigating Systemic Risk: Protecting Financial Institutions form Avoidable Losses

COVID-19 has acted as an accelerator, bringing into play scenarios which were previously only contingencies and making contingencies of (and requiring planning for) situations which were previously barely imaginable. The debt...more

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