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Corporate climate-related disclosures: what’s next?
The authors look at the progress made to date by the UK government in implementing climate-related disclosure rules and consider the preparatory steps that organisations should take ahead of the inevitable introduction of additional disclosure requirements.
19 March 2024Climate derivative actions: over before they began?
Earlier this year, environmental law charity ClientEarth announced the first UK climate-based shareholder derivative action, seeking to hold a board of directors accountable for alleged deficiencies in their emissions reduction strategy. The claim fell at the first hurdle, the High Court refusing it permission to proceed on the papers – albeit ClientEarth will now have a second bite at the cherry in an oral hearing. This In Practice article considers the lessons learnt for future climate-related claims and the potential impact for the financial services sector.
19 March 2024Buy-Now Pay-Later Regulation: what’s next for third-party lenders?
HM Treasury’s (HMT) latest consultation on the UK regulation of Buy-Now Pay-Later lending (BNPL) includes welcome clarification regarding the scope of regulation and the application of exemptions, plus proposed draft amendments to the existing legislation. We examine the ambit of future regulation, where further clarification is required and the likely impact on consumer experience.
19 March 2024Pillar Two: the global minimum tax and its implications for financing transactions
The last few years have seen discussions at an inter-governmental level, led by the OECD, on how to amend the international tax system to deal with the changing business practices created by the digital economy. This includes an agreement to implement a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% for large multi-national entities (MNEs). These discussions have now progressed to the stage where individual jurisdictions (including the UK) are beginning to introduce domestic legislation to implement the principles of the minimum tax, such that the theory is becoming reality. These rules will have implications for the assumptions being made by lenders as to the way borrowers under certain types of financing will be taxed. This article looks at some of these implications at the borrower level.
19 March 2024Safe harbours in lending transactions: exclusions from the requirement to register express trusts
This In Practice article considers some of the exclusions from the Trust Registration Service requirements that may be applicable to express trusts found in lending transactions.
19 March 2024UK equity capital markets: reforming the listing regime
In this In Practice article the authors summarise the key features of the proposed changes to the UK listing regime.
19 March 2024Generative AI, banking and financial markets
In this In Practice article the authors consider the steps for financial institutions to consider when developing a new AI strategy.
19 March 2024The FCA’s new consumer duty could affect FCA regulated investors in asset backed financings of products offered to retail customers
The policy statement and final guidance on the consumer duty published on 27 July 2022 by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out a new Principle for Business for regulated firms, new cross-cutting rules and detailed expected outcomes that these rules and the new principle should have on retail customers (together the “Duty”). The Duty has multiple implementation stages with the key dates being: (i) 31 July 2023, when the Duty will apply to all new products and services and existing products and services that are open to sale or renewal; and (ii) 31 July 2024, when the Duty will extend to all closed products and services. This article explores some practical considerations for FCA regulated investors in asset backed financings (Investors) of products offered to retail customers when determining whether the Duty applies to them.
19 March 2024Conflicting signals? Potential impacts of the SEC’s proposed conflicts of interest rule on UK and EU CLO managers
On 25 January 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a far-reaching rule (Rule 192)11 to prohibit securitisation transactions involving or resulting in a material conflict of interest between certain securitisation participants and investors. The rule is required by s 27B of the Securities Act,122 as inserted by s 621 of the Dodd-Frank Act.233 In this In Practice article the authors consider the impact of Rule 192 on UK and EU CLO managers. 3
19 March 2024Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions as KPIs in sustainability-linked loans
This In Practice article explains the differences between Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions as key performance indicators (KPIs) and sustainability performance targets (SPTs) in sustainability-linked loans and then explores factors to consider when adopting Scope 3 emissions.
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