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GLOBAL MARKETS UPDATE
18 May 2022 ESAs find structured product and derivative KIDs non-compliant and mandate changes
Summary On 9 May 2022, the European Supervisory Authorities published a supervisory statement on their expectations as regards the "What is this product…
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Fiance regulatory
25 Nov 2021 EU Prudential Banking Package 2021- get ready for significant changes
The European Commission has published a legislative package containing significant proposals to the existing EU prudential framework concerning (among other…
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financial regulatory update - germany
23 Aug 2021 Targeting Greenwashing - BaFin goes alone on sustainability criteria
Authors: Dr Detmar Loff, Partner, Dr Conrad Ruppel, Partner, Dr Tobias Bauerfeind, LL M (Oxf Brookes), Ilka Breuer and Dr Cornelius Hille
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GERMan fund location act - part i
29 Jul 2021 Flexibility for German fund managers boosted by new German fund regulation
The law to strengthen Germany as a fund location will essentially come into force on 2 August 2021 (the Fund Location Act – Fondsstandortgesetz). The asset…
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German fund location act - part ii
29 Jul 2021 European pre-marketing restrictions implemented by the new German fund regulation
The law to strengthen Germany as a fund location will essentially come into force on 2 August 2021 (the Fund Location Act – Fondsstandortgesetz). The asset…
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financial regulatory
13 Jul 2021 Client alert: ECB consults on the revision of its Options & Discretions under CRD/CRR
Changes for large exposures intragroup exemption will significantly impact 'back-to-back' risk transfer models
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financial regulation
26 Jun 2021 AMF sends out a clear message
After months of relative quiet from EU NCAs, the AMF has offered some pointers for UK firms operating post-Brexit. In a recent webinar entitled "The access to…
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Finance Regulatory Update | Germany
18 Jun 2021 German legislator intensifies transparency measures against money laundering
Detmar Loff, Partner; Dr Tobias Bauerfeind, Associate; Ilka Breuer, Senior Associate; and Dr Cornelius Hille, Associate
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finance regulation briefing
18 May 2021 It is about to happen! The Investment Firm Directive/Regulation (IFD/IFR) and the German implementation in the Wertpapierinstutsgesetz (WpIG)
IFD and IFR have already entered into force in late December 2019. As a directive, the IFD provisions had to be transposed into member state law. The main…
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regulatory finance | Germany
11 May 2021 German Parliament issues Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere – eWpG)
Speedread German Parliament finally issues e-Securities Act The e-Securities Act is accompanied by the introduction of new financial services in the…
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regulatory finance update | Frankfurt
05 May 2021 The German Federal Court of Justice has overturned fiction of consent provisions in banks' general terms and conditions
In this update we provide an overview of some key changes required following the decision of the German Federal Court of Justice on fiction of consent…
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financial regulation
10 Nov 2020 HM Treasury announces equivalence for EEA states
In a statement to the House of Commons yesterday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak made a series of announcements in relation to financial services with the stated aim…
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covid-19
11 May 2020 Weekly Global Regulatory tracker
australia ASIC defers commencement of mortgage broker reforms and design and distribution obligations …
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finance regulatory briefing
20 Apr 2020 Just ahead! The Investment Firm Directive/Regulation - less regulation for some - stricter regulation for others
In 2019, the EU adopted a new regime for the prudential regulation of investment firms which has so far received little attention: the Investment Firm…
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global insurance focus, issue 9 | EU
11 Nov 2019 Recent amendments to Solvency II spread risk module
As with credit and financial institutions, (re)insurance undertakings must also hold regulatory capital (solvency capital requirement, SCR). For European…
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finance regulatory briefing | EU
17 Jun 2019 The new regime for the regulation of investment firms - Investment Firm Directive/Regulation
The EU/European Parliament has recently adopted a new, comprehensive regulatory regime for investment firms: the Investment Firm Directive ("IFD") and…
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BREXIT
11 Jun 2019 Deal Out: Consequences of the Brexit agreement for the financial sector
This white paper summarizes the most important implications of Brexit for the financial industry in a clear and understandable way and helps to identify…
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european regulatory group
22 Mar 2019 Brexit Transitional Arrangements - Swedish / Italian Updates
Summary The Swedish government has published the text of a regulation which will provide transitional relief to UK firms providing MiFID services to…
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financial regulatory
18 Mar 2019 EU Banking Package - CRR II and CRD V within sight
On 23 November 2016, the European Commission published proposals for the completion of the banking regulation reform (Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) II…
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PRIIPs Briefing
12 Nov 2018 ESAs consult on proposed changes to PRIIPs KID
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has published a consultation (Consultation) proposing certain amendments to the PRIIPs KID…
