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Recent developments in ESG and pensions

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The main provisions of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation have been in force since 2021, but compliance remains a challenge for many market participants. Here is an update on the state of play....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Launch of Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus

On January 25, Representatives Sean Casten and Juan Vargas announced the launch of the Congressional Sustainable Investment Caucus (CSIC). According to the press releases, the “CSIC will bring together Members of Congress...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Impact of FTX’s Collapse: Insights on What Comes Next

​​​​​​​In an unwelcome reminder of the events that unfolded in the wake of the May 2022 crypto market collapse, Bahamian-based crypto exchange FTX is reportedly on the brink of collapse following an unexpected surge in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

NAV Unrestricted - April 2022 | Issue No. 170 - Considerations in NAV Transactions When Collateral Includes Transfer-Restricted...

Net Asset Value (“NAV”) transactions, where a debtor pledges its downstream assets to secure a financing, can involve a wide variety of potential collateral. In some NAV transactions, the assets to be pledged to secure the...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Proposes a “Sea Change” Set of New Rules Applicable to SPACs and Other Market Participants

On March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new rules and amendments to existing rules and forms (the “Proposed Rules”) addressing the treatment of special purpose acquisition companies...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Decoding Derivatives – Q2 2021

The credit derivatives determinations process has, for some time, been clouded in relative mystery. As credit default swap (CDS) strategies have grown more complex and gray-area issues have become more commonplace, advocacy...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Decoding Derivatives – Q1 2021

Europcar Drives CDS Down a Familiar Path - When Europcar defaulted on its debt, buyers of approximately $100 million of credit default swap (CDS) protection expected significant payouts due to the anticipated low recovery on...more

Dechert LLP

ESAs publish final report on draft Regulatory Technical Standards for SFDR

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On 4 February 2021, less than six weeks before the 10 March 2021 date on which the main operative provisions of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) start to apply, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs)...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The European Commission Publishes a Consultation on the Review of the AIFMD

On 22 October 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) published a public consultation (the Consultation) on the review of Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMD). ...more

Morgan Lewis

Kazakhstan Law Reduces Information Needed to Obtain Consent for Economic Concentration

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The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan recently signed the law, On Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Matters Related to Improvement of Investment Climate,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Overview of the European Sustainability Taxonomy Regulation

Introduction - On 15 April 2020, the Council of the European Union published a press release stating that it had reached political agreement on the regulation on the establishment of an EU-wide framework designed to...more

Hogan Lovells

ESMA releases public statement on COVID-19 – Impact on financial market participants

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On 11 March 2020 ESMA has issued a public statement in relation to the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on financial markets in the European Union. As a result, issuers will have to take action in order to cope with the current...more

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COVID-19 Implications for the OTC Derivatives Markets

With the continuing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, its full implications remain unknown. For OTC derivatives market participants, COVID-19 raises a number of considerations that firms should take into...more

Morgan Lewis

Final Rule on Regulatory ‘Control’ Framework: What It Means for Financial Services Market Participants

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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) issued a much-anticipated final rule (Final Rule) on January 30 to amend and codify—in certain respects, for the first time—its framework for making...more

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How the Leveraged Finance market is evolving to encompass ESG factors

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The year 2019 has seen responsible business, climate change and impact financing feature high on the agenda with increasing focus on the sector by investors, regulators, trade bodies and financial institutions. As a result,...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

SEC Staff Issues Statement on Preparing for Impending LIBOR Transition

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On July 12, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) joined the call to prepare for the transition away from LIBOR. The staff of several Divisions of the SEC (the Divisions of Corporation Finance (DCF),...more

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Mandatory Summer Reading: SEC Staff Issues Rare Joint Statement on LIBOR Transition

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The Situation: The Staffs of the Divisions of Corporation Finance, Investment Management and Trading and Markets ("Divisions") of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and its Office of the Chief Accountant...more

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OLG München entscheidet im Richtungsstreit über die Vertretung der InvKG: Die Gesellschaft wird durch ihre Organe gesetzlich...

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Das Oberlandesgericht München hat in einem Urteil vom 1. Oktober 2015 (23 U 1570/15, das Urteil finden Sie unter diesem Link) entschieden, dass die extern verwaltete geschlossene Investment-Kommanditgesellschaft gesetzlich...more

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