On 17 December 2021, the FCA released its rules and guidance (Policy Statement 21/24) for asset managers and certain FCA-regulated asset...
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Picking up the most recent developments in France, Germany and the Netherlands, this blog post discusses the emergence of International...
The tax world is changing rapidly, with major developments around the taxation of multinationals and a growing number of initiatives...
In an important victory for the LGBTQ+ movement in Europe, on 14 December 2021 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has...
Last month, the UK Investment Association (the IA) published its updated principles of remuneration (the 2022 Principles), setting out...
On the occasion of this year’s International Human Rights Day, we want to highlight some of the recent developments with respect to...
The UK Environment Act 2021 received royal assent on 9 November 2021 and introduces new obligations regarding the use of ‘forest risk...
Last week, representatives of SPD, FDP and Bündnis90/Die Grünen presented a coalition agreement for the so-called traffic light...
When the ECB announced its Guide on climate-related and environmental risks in November 2020 together with 13 supervisory expectations on...
In our previous blog post, we considered how extreme weather events could give rise to an increase in the number of disputes on major...
2021 has seen ESG become a priority topic for many insurers, who have already taken significant steps to commit to more ethical and...
In September we reported that shareholders in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Guy and Kim Abrahams, had filed an application in...