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In this week’s edition, we discuss a drop in support for ESG shareholder proposals at one of the world’s largest asset managers; a decision by a U.S. federal court to strike down an anti-ESG investing rule in Missouri; and...more
Introduction - On 13 May 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Treasury’s (DoT) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) jointly proposed rulemaking to implement Section 326 of the...more
On May 13, 2024, FinCEN and the SEC jointly proposed a new rule that would require SEC-registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers to maintain written customer identification programs (CIPs). The new rule...more
The Financial Stability Oversight Council unanimously approved an analytic framework for financial stability risk identification, assessment and response and interpretive guidance on nonbank financial company determinations...more
Following Germany's initial attempt last year to implement the EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937), aimed at ensuring harmonized and improved protection of whistleblowers throughout Europe, the Federal...more
Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of 27 November, 2019 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector, as amended by Regulation (EU) of 18 June, 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate...more
What is the law/regulation? As part of a number of regulatory initiatives being implemented in the European Union, under its action plan for financing sustainable growth, proposed amendments to AIFMD and the UCITS Directive...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published a framework designed to facilitate regulators’ monitoring of leverage in investment funds, assisting regulators in identifying potential risks to...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has launched a consultation on its proposed expectations of how firms manage prudential risks associated with asset encumbrance. The PRA’s expectations are relevant to all...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published the findings of its review into the implementation of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime for the banking sector. The SM&CR came into force for banking firms in...more
As required by President Trump’s Executive Order 13772, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a report, “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities, Asset Management and Insurance,” addressing the regulatory...more
UK asset managers, non-UK asset managers carrying on business in the UK and the funds they manage are within the scope of the new corporate criminal offences of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion. As the new...more
BaFin Publishes Guidance on Transparency Standards for German Funds - On 4 April 2017, BaFin has published new transparency standards for funds after a BaFin investigation found that some active funds “closely” track...more
On April 18, 2016, the Financial Stability Oversight Council again warned that asset managers present systemic risk to financial stability in five key areas: ..liquidity and redemptions; ..leverage; ..operational...more
The Luxembourg supervisory authority (“CSSF”) recently issued a circular letter (“Circular Letter”) that requires all Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS to provide the CSSF with information – pursuant to the filing of additional...more
Guidance Regarding Cash Accounts for UCITS and AIF Umbrella Funds - The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) issued guidance on cash accounts for UCITS and AIF umbrella funds on 22 December 2015....more
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in June made an important recommendation concerning any risks that investment funds and advisors present to the global financial system....more
In seeking comment on potential risks to the U.S. financial system created by asset managers, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) again places asset managers in its crosshairs. This crusade potentially can lead...more
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) has taken the next step in its consideration of the asset management industry, by issuing a notice requesting public comment on whether asset management products and...more
The Financial Stability Oversight Council, or FSOC, voted on December 18, 2014 to release a notice seeking public comment regarding potential risks to U.S. financial stability from asset management products and activities,...more
Thomas P. Vartanian, Chair of Dechert’s Financial Institutions practice, responded to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) request for comments, on behalf of certain clients, by comprehensively criticizing the...more