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...
Apr 19, 2024 FCA Proposes an Option for Bundling Payments for Investment Research and Execution By Elisabeth Overland Borja Ruiz De Gopegui Oliver Schonle On 10 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP 24/7) on Payment Optionality for Investment...
Mar 08, 2024 Spring Budget 2024: The Hunt for Blue October By Alison Dickie Laura Western In an unusually rowdy House of Commons, the Chancellor delivered what will be his last Spring Budget before a UK general election widely...
Nov 19, 2023 Investing like the pros – indirect investments by retail investors in investment funds for (semi-)professionals under BaFin’s scrutiny By Theresa Kreft Jan Struckmann Both the desire for higher yields and the low interest rate environment of the past years has seen retail investors’ focus increasingly...
Sep 29, 2023 The regulatory gateway for firms who approve financial promotions By Michael Raffan Craig Dewar Christopher Bernard Sebastian Hilbich +1 more... Show less Key message Existing authorised firms who want to be able to approve financial promotions for unauthorised firms after 7 February 2024...
Jul 24, 2023 Investment funds: an evolving front line in macroprudential regulation By Andrew Marsh Regulators and standard-setters, domestic and international, are worrying about the potential for investment funds to pose risks to...
Jun 28, 2023 Proposals to clarify and modernise the UK’s transfer pricing, diverted profits tax and permanent establishment rules By Edward Buxton Helen Buchanan Sarah Bond On 19 June 2023, the UK Government published a consultation on reforms intended to clarify and modernise the UK’s transfer pricing (TP),...
May 11, 2023 Developments in Spanish taxation of dividends received by non-resident investment funds By Maria Mera The Spanish Supreme Court has recently confirmed that dividends paid by Spanish companies to non-resident open-ended alternative...
Nov 06, 2020 European Commission seeks views on the future of the AIFMD By David Jansen On 22 October, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the review of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive...
Jun 05, 2020 Fund managers' fees and expenses - ESMA briefs national regulators By David Jansen The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a supervisory briefing to promote convergence in the supervision of...
May 01, 2020 A matter of equivalence: UK government proposes new overseas funds regime By Emma Rachmaninov Jonas Zenger The UK government has launched a consultation on how overseas retail and money market funds can be sold to UK investors following the end...