On 25 November 2021, the European Commission published a proposal for the Regulation establishing a European single access point (ESAP) providing centralised access to publicly available information of relevance to financial services, capital markets and sustainability.
The establishment of a ESAP by 2024 is a main goal of the Capital Markets Union Action
On 24 November 2021, the European Parliament announced that it had reached agreement with the Council on a pilot scheme based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). The project follows the ‘sandbox’ approach, allowing for temporary derogations from certain requirements under the EU’s financial services legislation.
Among other things the Parliament’s announcement mentions that
On 25 November 2021, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation amending the Regulation on European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs).
The changes relate to the scope of eligible assets and investments, the portfolio composition and diversification requirements, the borrowing of cash and other fund rules and as regards requirements pertaining to
On 25 November 2021, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive that would amend the Alternative Investment Funds Managers Directive (AIFMD) and UCITS Directive as regards delegation arrangements, liquidity risk management, supervisory reporting, provision of depositary and custody services and loan origination by alternative investment funds.
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On 25 November 2021, the European Commission (the Commission) published its long-awaited legislative proposal for a review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR Review Proposal). This note summarises ten key issues market participants should know about the proposed amendments to the MiFIR framework:
As expected,
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have recently reiterated their focus on fighting corporate crime (see here and here our more detailed articles on these developments). In particular, the US authorities have:
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On 23 November 2021, the Council of the EU announced that it had adopted its position on two important components of the digital finance package – the ‘Regulation on Markets in Crypto Assets’ (MiCA) and the ‘Digital Operational Resilience Act’ (DORA).
The purpose of MiCA is to create a regulatory framework
On 23 November 2021, John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, delivered a speech at the UK Finance Annual Dinner discussing, public attitudes, financial services and the challenges of our time, a new culture of regulation, new kinds of collaboration, and looking to the future.
Among other things Mr Glen mentions that a full
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) extended the deadline by which investment companies must present a key information document (KID) to retail investors before they are offered a financial product until 31 December 2022, to give them time to prepare.
Before signing a contract, all small (non-professional) investors should receive a