On 27 March 2025, the European Commission issued a press release stating that it was taking action against several EU Member States that have failed to notify the Commission of measures they have adopted to transpose EU Directives into their national laws.
Among other things the press release notes that the Commission has decided to
On 20 March 2025, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) launched a new alerts portal to help combat retail investment fraud. The new portal is called I-SCAN. The alerts and warnings included on the portal are provided by IOSCO members on a voluntary basis. The contents of the alerts and warnings
On 11 October 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued its first consolidated report on sanctions imposed by Member State competent authorities in 2023.
In all 976 administrative sanctions and measures were taken by Member State competent authorities (NCAs).
The purpose of the report is to foster discussion among
In the first episode of the Global Investigations Podcast Series, Andrew Reeves (Partner, Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance team, London) is joined by Ruth Cowley (Head of Disputes and Investigations, London), Keith Rosen (Head of Risk Advisory, US) and Sharon Oded (Head of Investigations, Amsterdam) to discuss the early stages of an investigation; best practice in
Introduction
Whistleblowing is on the rise – both within organisations and to authorities. An increase in whistleblowing is positive: it shows employees feel able to speak up, allows issues to be escalated, investigated and where necessary remediated. However, the increase in whistleblowing also presents challenges for companies to ensure that they are dealing effectively and
On Wednesday 12 June 2024, as part of our global ESG webinar series, please join us for the third instalment of this webinar series, as we expand on the greenwashing discussion held in the first webinar.
This webinar will feature a discussion from our NRF financial services enforcement team to provide a perspective on greenwashing
On Tuesday 16 April 2024, please join us for a webinar where our team from across EMEA will discuss the key recent and upcoming trends in financial crime legislation and regulatory enforcement in the EU, UK and Singapore.
This webinar will highlight important changes to anti-money laundering regulation and wider financial crime legislation in the
On 13 March 2024, the European Parliament issued a press release stating that it had adopted its first reading position on the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proposal, which allows consumers to, submit complaints against traders to entities offering independent, fast and affordable consumer redress.
Since they were established in 2013, the EU’s rules
On 18 July 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its 2022 reports on the use by Member State competent authorities (NCAs) of sanctions under the UCITS Directive and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The reports are drafted pursuant to Article 99e(1) of the UCITS
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