Financial services

May 2024  |  SPECIAL REPORT: FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financier Worldwide Magazine

May 2024 Issue

Q&A: ESG risks in financial services

Establishing a comprehensive environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy is essential for financial services firms to effectively manage associated risks and seize opportunities for long-term value creation. FW discusses ESG risks in financial services with Anthea Bowater at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Myron Mallia-Dare at Miller Thomson LLP.

Net performance metrics of private equity firms in the spotlight

Ropes & Gray LLP Investment advisers registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including private equity firms, now have to comply with prescriptive rules when calculating and reporting their net performance returns.

How the regulatory climate in the UK, US and EU affects where cryptoasset firms operate

Orrick Cryptoasset firms weigh many factors in decisions on location, including tax and market size, but they and their investors increasingly prefer areas where they can conduct business without the threat of shifting regulatory focus and regulatory crackdowns.

Non-financial misconduct in the financial sector: regulatory risks for firms

Macfarlanes LLP Firms should be thinking now about changes and enhancements they might need to make to their policies, processes and practices to ensure that they are aligned with the Financial Conduct Authority’s expectations in this area.

The evolving enforcement landscape of UK and EU sanctions against Russia

Brown Rudnick LLP The UK and the EU will be keen to deter operators from undermining the effectiveness of sanctions, so it is also very likely that prosecutions against those that circumvent sanctions will increase.

Emission allowances trading: some financial services regulatory considerations

Watson Farley & Williams LLP The regulated emission allowances market under the UK and European trading schemes is very involved and its complexity is enhanced by the overlay of financial services regulatory requirements where they apply.

CONTRIBUTORS

Brown Rudnick LLP

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Macfarlanes LLP

Miller Thomson LLP

Orrick

Ropes & Gray LLP

Watson Farley & Williams LLP

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