The new securitisation framework will combine three sets of overlapping rules, in an effort to repeal and replace retained EU law in the UK. The missing piece of the puzzle to the UK’s new securitisation framework became...more
In this episode, the first in our three-part EU ESG Considerations for Beginners miniseries, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Ezra Zahabi looks at the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and what it means...more
Die Regelungen der Verordnung (EU) 2019/2088 des europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 27. November 2019 über nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Offenlegungspflichten im Finanzdienstleistungssektor („OffenlegungsVO“) sind im...more
As part of the EU’s strategy on climate change following the Paris Agreement of 2015, a number of EU regulations have been enacted in the past 12 months. From the fund management industry’s point of view, the two most...more
CSSF Press Release 15/49 Relating to the New Transparency Requirements for Issuers of Securities and Notifications of Major Holdings - In press release 15/49, the CSSF provides clarifications in relation to the...more
On June 29, the Council of the European Union announced that its Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) approved a final compromise text of the proposed regulation on reporting and transparency of securities financing...more
The EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has now been in force for several months. This overview note is aimed at US managers who have not yet had to get to grips with the AIFMD but will need to raise...more
On 19 December 2012, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted implementing rules (the Regulation) for the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (the AIFMD or Directive). The Regulation supplements certain...more