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On 27 March 2024, Australia's climate disclosure regime moved a significant step closer to implementation, with the federal government's introduction of proposed legislation into Parliament. Any organisations with a presence...more
As described in more detail in our recent client bulletin, BVI companies are now required to prepare and file with their registered agent an “annual return” containing a basic balance sheet and income statement. This annual...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 6, 2024, adopted a new slate of standardized climate-related disclosure rules for public companies and foreign private issuers. Adopted by a 3-2 vote, the final rules...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - The ESRB has published a speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB and Chair of the ESRB, on its first general warning about financial stability risks that it published...more
Welcome to the latest edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands. Q3 of 2023 has been a busy quarter for the BVI office. Our corporate team continued to advise on...more
California recently passed a bill, SB-54, in an effort to increase transparency regarding diversity in the venture capital industry and to encourage investments in diverse founders. SB 54 will require “covered entities” to...more
In Short - The Situation: On June 26, 2023, the National Financial Reporting Authority of India ("NFRA") issued a circular reminding statutory auditors in India of their obligation under Indian law to report to the Indian...more
As predicted in our February 1, 2023, client alert, “ESG in 2022 and Predictions for 2023,” a global economic slowdown and ongoing backlash in the U.S. have slowed the momentum of some aspects of the environmental, social and...more
Welcome to the latest edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands. The first quarter of 2023 saw a raft of amendments to existing BVI legislation being introduced...more
This briefing is the fourth in our series of briefings on corporate governance and is designed to provide a synopsis of topical corporate governance matters impacting companies in the United Kingdom. This briefing tracks the...more
There have recently been a number of amendments to BVI company law. While many of these amendments are technical and will not have a material impact on clients, there are four key changes of which clients should be aware. All...more
In December 2021 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) released their proposed amendments to their accounting standards that will require buyers of...more
On February 18, 2022, the US Senate unanimously passed the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, which requires all US federal judges to publish their financial disclosure reports to the public. This legislation closely...more
On November 19, 2019, CMS announced key results from the 2019 HHS Agency Financial Report, which generally provides fiscal and high-level performance data for HHS for the reporting period of October 1, 2018 through September...more
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, that would grant private companies, not-for-profit organizations, and SEC registrants classified as smaller reporting companies...more
Amazon announced this week that it will spend $700 million to retrain a third of its US workforce to adapt to the increasing amount of robotic and automation technology in its warehouses. The 6-year effort will eventually...more
30 April - BEIS published a consultation paper seeking views on proposals to reform the laws relating to all UK limited partnerships. The key proposals are: - a requirement for all presenters to be registered with an...more
The CFPB is among the federal agencies participating in a Financial Data Summit hosted by the Data Coalition to be held on March 29, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Linda Powell, the CFPB’s Chief Data Officer, will be on a panel...more