When the European Parliament announced that political agreement on the EU Green Bond Regulation (the Regulation) had been reached with the Council on 28 February 2023, rapporteur Paul Tang was quoted as saying...more
A flurry of changes to stock exchange rules and capital markets regulation and practice have been introduced following the end of the Brexit transition period in the UK on 31 December 2020, as well as new initiatives launched...more
UK BMR: FCA approach to orderly wind down of LIBOR and consultation on Statements of Policy - The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published a document on the Benchmarks Regulation (UK BMR) and proposed amendments under...more
Annual transparency calculations for non-equity instruments: ESMA grants option to postpone to 21 September 2020 - The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced that trading venues and investment...more
A recent exchange of letters between the European Commission and ESMA and AIMA has confirmed that non-EU AIFs (irrespective of manager location) will not be subject to the SFTR reporting obligation, bringing welcome clarity...more
On 21 July 2019, the remaining provisions of the EU Prospectus Regulation came into force. Since this date, prospectuses for offers of securities to the public or admission to a regulated market in the EU have been required...more