By: Kai Zhang, Philip J. Morgan, Andrew J. Massey, and Hazel Doyle
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final rules for the UK’s Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) (see our prior blogs here and here which discuss eligibility and the expected OFR launch timetable).
Read MoreBy: Philip Morgan, Andrew Massey, and Omega Modi
An anti-greenwashing rule comes into force in the UK on 31 May 2024. This is the first part of the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements.
Read MoreBy: Gayle Bowen and Shane Geraghty
On 19 December, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final report setting out draft Regulatory Technical Standards under the amended European Long-Term Investment Funds Regulation.
Read MoreBy: Stacy Fuller, Kristina Zanotti, and Chase Ponder
On 13 October 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rule 10c-1a under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The new rule is intended to shine light on the securities lending market by providing the SEC with detailed information about most securities loans and making public, including to boards of trustees who oversee registered funds that engage in securities lending, sufficient information about such loans and Loan Rates (defined below) that they may evaluate the fairness of the loans in which funds engage.
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