JONES DAY TALKS®: European Central Bank’s Climate Center & Investment Plans Focus on Sustainability (Encore Presentation)
JONES DAY TALKS®: European Central Bank’s Climate Center & Investment Plans Focus on Sustainability
Nota Bene Episode 81: European Check In: How the EU is Dealing with the Pandemic’s Economic Fallout with Oliver Heinisch
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in April 2023: 28 April FCA Handbook: The Financial Conduct...more
Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin’s monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. We hope you are enjoying the Spring weather! Note: Some of the links in this newsletter may redirect...more
Key developments in April 2022: 29 April - The Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) published for consultation an interim report that recommends measures to assist supervisory and regulatory authorities in developing...more
Debt issuance for M&A and leveraged buyouts (LBOs) accelerated through the first half of 2021 reflecting the increased activity combined with dealmakers capitalizing on borrower-friendly loan and high yield bond markets to...more
2022/23 supervisory benchmarking exercise for capital internal models: PRA statement - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a statement on its expectations concerning the 2022 and 2023 supervisory...more
Depositor protection identity verification: PRA PS4/21 - Following its consultation in CP3/21, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS4/21, on depositor protection identity...more
LIBOR transition: Working Group's best practice guide for GBP loans and Q&A - The Working Group Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates published a best practice guide for GBP loans. Alongside the guide, the Working Group also...more
Branch and ATM closures or conversions: FCA FG20/3 - Following consultation, the UK Financial Conduct (FCA) has published finalised guidance, FG20/3, on branch and ATM closures or conversions. The guidance applies to...more
30 July - The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the High Court business interruption insurance test case. The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published a consultation paper (CP11/20)...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Amends CAT NMS Plan - On May 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the national market system plan governing the consolidated audit trail (the CAT NMS Plan). The Financial...more
3 February - The European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a report on the benchmarking of diversity practices in credit institutions and investment firms under the CRD IV Directive (2013/36/EC)....more
Tomorrow heralds an important milestone in the evolving saga of LIBOR's discontinuation, seeing the launch of the fifth and final rate, €STR, as the proposed successor to euro LIBOR. However, although in our other articles...more
The White House is reportedly nearing a nationwide ban on most flavored e-cigarettes, a direct response to the recent spate of vaping-related illnesses that have affected hundreds across the country....more
BREXIT - Post-Brexit options in the Luxembourg financial sector - Allen & Overy has published a list of available options for UK firms currently passporting their activities to Luxembourg or willing to provide services...more
Ten years ago, a PE investment in a European bank would have been a rare occurrence. However, more recently, PE firms have deployed capital in the banking sector, encouraged by changing regulatory perceptions of PE bidders....more
Jobs Report Friday! Here’s what to watch as you’re sorting through the numbers this morning....more
Six months have now passed since publication of the Dechert OnPoint, LIBOR – Where Are We Now?, and in that period progress on benchmark reform and the development of alternative risk-free-rates (RFRs) has gathered pace. At a...more
Back at it. Hope everyone had a good 4th. Let’s get caught up . . . . Some analysis of a pretty solid US Jobs Report for June—the last, mind you, before the trade war went hot – NYTimes and Marketplace and WSJ Ahh...more
BREXIT - TheCityUK paper on continuity of cross-border financial contracts post-Brexit - On 20 June, TheCityUK published a paper on the continuity of cross-border financial contracts post-Brexit. In the paper, TheCityUK...more
BREXIT - UK Government response to HoC Treasury Committee report on transitional arrangements - On 27 February, the HoC Treasury Committee published the UK government's response to the Committee's report on transitional...more
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including new U.K. reporting obligations for sanctions violations,...more
With all of Europe closely eyeing the ECB for hints about its move away from aggressive bond buying, some cities that have benefited disproportionately from the QE are being forced to consider what life on the other side will...more