In this latest issue of Regulation Around the World we look at how regulators have implemented the Basel 3.1 reforms, asking eight key questions in the following jurisdictions: United Kingdom, United States, EU, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Turkey, Netherlands, Australia, South Africa and the UAE. For European jurisdictions we add one further topical question outside of
Open Finance in focus: From Open Banking to Open Finance across the UK, EU, Australia, and the US
Join us at our next webinar examining how jurisdictions are progressing from Open Banking to Open Finance, including updates on the Open Finance regimes in the UK, EU, Australia, and the US.
Our Global Financial Services Regulation team will be joined by Simone Plances, a Smart Data Accelerator Manager from the Financial Conduct Authority who
New briefing note – MiFIR and MiFID II review A further ten key things that EU financial institutions should know
In February 2024 we published a briefing note, MiFIR and MiFID II review: ten key things that EU financial institutions should know, which summarized the key features of the draft legislation that was generally known as the ‘MiFID II / MiFIR review’ and was designed to update both the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
MiCA under review, already!
A few months after the Markets in Crypto Asset Regulation (MiCA) took effect on 30 December 2024, regulatory and enforcement issues have already become apparent. In a joint communication, the French, Austrian and Italian national competent authorities (the AMF, the FMA and the Consob) (the NCAs) drew attention to certain gaps in
Regulation Around the World: Issue 15 – Open Finance
In this latest issue of Regulation Around the World we look at how regulators are developing their proposals for Open Finance, asking six key questions in the following jurisdictions: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, EU, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Poland, Hong Kong, China, UAE, Australia and South Africa.
Read the issue here.
AIFMD 2: Quick guide to Member State activity
AIFMD 2: Quick guide to Member State activity
On 26 March 2024, the final legislative text of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2 (AIFMD 2) was published in the Official Journal of the EU. The publication marked the conclusion of the AIFMD Review process that formally began in 2020. AIFMD 2 amends
CRD VI: Quick guide to Member State activity
CRD VI: Quick guide to Member State activity
On 27 October 2021, the European Commission adopted a Banking Package which set out proposed amendments to EU banking rules contained in the Capital Requirements Regulation and the Capital Requirements Directive IV. The main purpose of the amendments was to implement the outstanding elements of the Basel
Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus: EMEA insights series: Episode 21 – Update from Italy on MiCA, DORA, CRD 6 and AI
In the latest episode of our EMEA insights series, Maria Beatrice Gilesi of our Milan office discusses recent communications from the Italian regulators regarding MiCA, DORA, CRD 6 and AI.
Listen to the episode here.
Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus: New EMEA Regulatory Insights Podcast Episode – Italy
In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on some of the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this latest episode Maria Beatrice Gilesi from our Milan office discusses Italy’s implementation of MiCAR.
Listen to the podcast here.
Greenwashing: the current sanctioning regime in Italy
Following their call for evidence in November 2022, on 1 June 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) published their first progress reports on greenwashing (the “Reports”) to better identify the phenomenon and to assess which areas of the sustainable investment value chain (“SIVC”) are more exposed to greenwashing risks.
In the Reports the ESAs have