by Victoria Smith | 2023-03-22 | Our Thinking
In this second of our six deep-dive guides into the FCA’s sustainability disclosure requirements, we’re looking at the naming and marketing restrictions that the FCA propose to introduce to investment products marketed to retail investors that do not qualify for a...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-03-15 | Our Thinking
In this first of our six deep-dive guides into the FCA’s sustainability disclosure requirements, we’re looking at investment labels. Sustainable investment labels are designations given to investment products that meet certain environmental, social and...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-03-09 | Our Thinking
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) changes for Appointed Representatives (“AR”) have been implemented to ensure that the UK’s financial sector remains compliant and transparent. The new rules (“New Rules”) came into effect on 8 December 2022 and...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-23 | Our Thinking
In our latest short webinar series, we’re looking at earnout provisions used in Merger and Acquisition agreements. We’ll cover… earnout provisions as contractual mechanisms in M&A agreements; the circumstances under which these provisions are...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-15 | Our Thinking
background On 30 November 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a Consultation Paper (the “Consultation Paper”) CP22/24 on proposals to broaden access to financial advice for mainstream products. These proposals are part of the FCA’s wider...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-09 | Our Thinking
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) recently published a Consultation Paper on the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels, aims to tackle greenwashing as part of the growing need for sustainability-related...