The UK Pensions Regulator (the Regulator) has today announced that Clara, a ‘superfund’ solution for UK defined benefit pension schemes,...
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In recent years, the US has watched the spread of unilateral digital taxes across the world with concern, seeing them as unfairly...
When the ECB announced its Guide on climate-related and environmental risks in November 2020 together with 13 supervisory expectations on...
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More than 130 countries have come to agreement on the largest overhaul of international tax rules in more than 100 years. Under the...
In our previous blog post, we considered how extreme weather events could give rise to an increase in the number of disputes on major...
2021 has seen ESG become a priority topic for many insurers, who have already taken significant steps to commit to more ethical and...
Contrary to the traditional position in the US, the EU has long had a focus on the competitive effects of vertical agreements and...
The Investment Association (the IA) publishes and periodically updates a set of principles on executive remuneration and long-term...
In a recent decision, the French-speaking Court of First Instance in Brussels decided, at the request of the non-profit organisation...
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On 18 October 2021, the EU Commission published the sixth amendment to its Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the...
China’s National People’s Congress (the country's legislature) recently published a second round of amendments to the country’s...
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), which is responsible for implementing financial sanctions and issuing sanctions...