Jul 31, 2024 Changes to the UK Stewardship Code seek to ease the burdens on signatories and support the growth of UK capital markets By Elisabeth Overland Christopher Bernard Yashi Chandra On 22 July 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced several immediate revisions to the UK Stewardship Code 2020 in order to...
Jul 31, 2024 The Right to Repair Directive: Empowering Consumers and Promoting Sustainability By Moritz Becker Anita Bell Hannah Meyer As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented rate, manufacturers are increasingly challenged to balance innovation with...
Jul 31, 2024 The EBA publishes the report on the application of gender-neutral remuneration policies by institutions and investment firms By Mara Ruberto The recent EBA report provides a comprehensive overview of the implementation and effectiveness of gender-neutral remuneration policies...
Jul 30, 2024 Defined benefit pension scheme funding: funding code laid before Parliament By Jane Wolstenholme Jemima Holt The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published and laid before Parliament the long-awaited new Defined Benefit (DB) Funding Code of Practice...
Jul 30, 2024 Banking Agencies Signal Increased Scrutiny of Bank-Fintech Partnerships By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nathaniel Balk On July 25, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), and...
Jul 30, 2024 The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation public procurement tool – key takeaways after the first year of application By Ilka Oberländer Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson Kate Gough Anne Dos Sascha Arnold Fabian Bickel +3 more... Show less We take the first anniversary of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) as an opportunity to reflect on the EC’s enforcement under the...
Jul 29, 2024 GenAI and board minute-taking By Zofia Aszendorf Joseph Mason Rós Ní Dhubháin Makayla Knott +1 more... Show less Many companies are exploring the ways in which generative AI tools may be employed to assist with board minute-taking. Such AI tools...
Jul 26, 2024 Foreign Subsidies Regulation: The European Commission's guidance on assessing market distortions By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Paul van den Berg Fabian Bickel Justyna Smela Wolski Maxim Betivu +3 more... Show less More than one year after the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) started to apply, many elements of the EC’s substantive assessment...
Jul 26, 2024 German Civil Procedure Goes Digital – New regulation on virtual participation in oral hearings By Elisabeth Weber Fabian Seigfried Status quo Virtual participation in oral hearings has become an important part in German civil proceedings. Conducting oral hearings,...
Jul 25, 2024 New Government, same special resolution enhancements – Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill introduced in Parliament By Michael Raffan Fran Kaehr Tey Khoo We have previously written about HM Treasury’s January 2024 consultation on “Enhancing the UK special resolution regime”, which proposed...
Jul 23, 2024 The start of a new chapter of investor lawsuits? – Second reform of the German Capital Markets Model Case Act is now in force By Elisabeth Weber Stefanie Fay Jan Henning Buschfeld Marie Laubenstein Theresa Schumacher Johanna Möller +3 more... Show less Germany and collective actions have not been a big success story so far. The development of collective redress mechanisms in Germany has...
Jul 23, 2024 New EU Measures to Protect European Parties from Legal Actions and Expropriations in Russia By Noah Rubins KC Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Leane Meyer Gonzalo Salazar Valerio Letizia +3 more... Show less As part of the 14th package of sanctions against Russia adopted on 24 June 2024 as Regulation 2024/1745, the EU has introduced three...