Archive:March 29, 2022

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Europe: From Russia With FUD: Settlement of Credit Derivatives Transactions Referencing Entities Under Western Sanctions and Kremlin Capital Controls
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Europe: Divergence Between UK and EU Priips Disclosures Set to Add Complexity for Managers    

Europe: From Russia With FUD: Settlement of Credit Derivatives Transactions Referencing Entities Under Western Sanctions and Kremlin Capital Controls

By: Anthony R.G. Nolan and Kenneth Holston

Russia’s war against Ukraine has led in record time to the implementation of extensive anti-Russian sanctions by the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, among others. Those initiatives in turn have led to the imposition of extensive capital controls within Russia. The combined effect of Western sanctions and Russian countermeasures threaten the liquidity and creditworthiness of Russian debt obligations. Although the Russian Federation avoided defaulting on a coupon payment on its dollar bonds on March 16, it subsequently announced that it will satisfy its obligations under rubles a dollar bond coming due on April 4 by making payment of principal and interest in rubles.

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Europe: Divergence Between UK and EU Priips Disclosures Set to Add Complexity for Managers    

By: Andrew Massey

On 25 March 2022, the FCA confirmed new requirements for the key information document (KID) required for package retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) in the UK: policy statement 22/2.  Investment funds are generally categorised as PRIIPs, although UK UCITS and UK non-UCITS retail schemes are exempted from the PRIIPs KID requirement until 31 December 2026. 

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