05 Jun, 2024 EU: ESAs unveil their findings on greenwashing – calls for improved market practice on sustainability-related claims By Premlata Fagan Victoria Hickman The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA – together, the ESAs) have published their Final Reports to the European...
03 Jun, 2024 EBA puts virtual IBANs into regulatory spotlight By Olivia Murphy Andreas Van Impe Simon Treacy EU regulators need to get to grips with how payment firms use virtual IBANs. That's one of the conclusions from a European Banking...
26 Feb, 2024 ECJ confirms AG opinion on boundary between payment services and e-money issuance By Andreas Van Impe Simon Treacy A ruling from the European Court of Justice helps to draw a line between the regulated activities of providing payment services and...
05 Dec, 2023 EU: SFDR RTS – ESAs final report published confirming new raft of amendments to SFDR sustainability disclosures By Raza Naeem Elliot Jack Silke Bernard Dr Frederik Winter Peter Bevan Sebastian Barling Andreas Van Impe Julia Vergauwen Anisha Desor James Morris Terry Yiangou Benjamin Maconick Premlata Fagan Jimi Piggott-Bader +11 more... Show less The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published their final report with proposed amendments to the SFDR RTS. The revised draft...
09 Jun, 2023 MiCAR: publication in the Official Journal and countdown to application begins By Laurent Benoit Gonzalo Diaz Anna Ferraresso Richard Hay Raoul Heinen Bas Jennen Andreas Van Impe +4 more... Show less Two years since the European Commission’s proposal of the MiCAR (Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation) text was first released, the...
25 May, 2023 EU Retail Investment Strategy puts forward significant proposals which mirror concepts from the UK Consumer Duty By Karen Cooper The Commission’s legislative proposals on the Retail Investment Strategy (published on 24 May 2023) suggest a significant overhaul of EU...
18 May, 2023 ESMA wants clarity on “undue costs” under UCITS and AIFMD, which may feed into beefed up “value for money” rules under EU Retail Investment Strategy By Raza Naeem ESMA has published an Opinion setting out suggestions to the European Commission for possible clarifications of the legislative...
12 Apr, 2023 EU: ESAs publish Consultation Paper proposing significant changes to the SFDR RTS By Raza Naeem On 12 April 2023, the ESAs published a joint consultation paper seeking feedback on changes to the SFDR RTS in areas such as PAI...