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CSRD is proposed as the new non-financial reporting regime for EU-based and EU-listed companies. It will replace the existing regime (the Non-Financial Reporting Directive or NFRD) and is slated...

The changes come into force following the expiration of the transition period for new requirements under the Swiss Financial Services Act which came into effect in January 2020.

The publication by ESMA last week of its Position Paper on building more effective and attractive capital markets in the EU is the latest in a series of recent steps taken by EU authorities/groups...

Provisional political agreement on the final text of MiCA was reached on 30 June 2022.

The European Commission defines long-term investment as investment that enhances the productive capacity of the economy.

The European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs") have issued a Call for Evidence on Greenwashing to gather information to enable them to understand the key features, drivers and risks...

On 5 June 2015, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive ("AML IV") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Darren Maher and Niamh Mulholland, partners in the Financial Institutions Group join Claire Scannell, professional support lawyer...

The Department of Finance launched its National Payments Strategy: Public Consultation today (12 December 2023). Its November 2022 Retail Banking Review Report had recommended...

As the 29 December 2023 transposition deadline for the Credit Servicing Directive approaches, the Department of Finance has published its decisions on the various national discretions...

The Amendments to the CRR acknowledge this by including new provisions which clarify how risk weighting with respect to a securitisation of NPEs should be calculated.

The proposed Directive on credit servicers and credit purchasers was approved by the EU Council yesterday, 9 November 2021, following its approval by the European Parliament on 19 October 2021, ...

The European Council and European Parliament have reached a provisional agreementOpens in new window on a European green bond standard ("EuGBS"). We have previously written about the proposed...

The EU has reached a political agreement to revise its securitisation regime, introducing more risk-sensitive capital treatment, a strengthened STS framework, and reduced administrative requirements. While the reforms represent a significant positive development that could support increased market activity, questions remain about whether they go far enough to transform the European securitisation landscape.

On 21 April 2021, the Commission adopted an 'ambitious and comprehensive' package of measures pursuant to the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan.

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) comes into force across the EU on 10 March 2021.

The European Central Bank (ECB) recently published a report on its supervisory assessment of institutions' climate-related and environmental risks disclosures.