4/25/2024 3:42:58 PM UK Listing Regime Reform By Marc Proudfoot Keith Lassman Background The FCA continues to consult on the proposed changes to the UK Listing Regime with a second tranche of draft rules expected to...
3/26/2024 11:23:31 AM Changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code By Marc Proudfoot Keith Lassman Background The review of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the "Code") began with a white paper, issued by the government in 2021,...
2/6/2024 3:19:37 PM ESG reporting update for asset managers By Jack Holden The FCA's Disclosure of Climate-Related Financial Information (Asset Manager and Asset Owner) Instrument 2021 is now in force and needs...
12/8/2022 3:58:26 PM FCA Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and Investment Labels By Georgia Learoyd On 25 October 2022, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a consultation paper (CP22/20) (the "Consultation Paper") on...
10/26/2021 11:45:18 AM COP26: Investment Trusts - a historic solution to a modern problem By Marc Proudfoot On 1 November 2021, representatives of the 197 signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in...
11/25/2020 5:56:35 PM Will Blockchain Create a Greener Fashion Industry? By Howard Kennedy The clothing industry and Blockchain on first glance appear to be two polar opposites, yet it seems they actually go hand-in-hand. Both...
11/9/2020 1:47:42 PM ESG picking up momentum – Scottish Widows pulls £440m of company holdings By Howard Kennedy The pensions and insurance giant Scottish Widows has announced plans to divest nearly half a billion pounds of company investments that...
10/26/2020 4:49:40 PM Disclosure Obligations for Sustainable Investment Funds and Products By Howard Kennedy There are only six months left until the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") comes into force on 10 March 2021. Asset...
5/13/2020 11:04:11 AM ESG investing - grappling with the challenge to quantify the qualitative? By Howard Kennedy As the importance of ESG to investors and the broader business community grows, so the question of how we appropriately capture a...