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What's Happening in Pensions - Issue 110
Beyond Supply Chains: new EU rules increase pressure on companies to adopt responsible business practices
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CS3D") was finally published on 5 July 2024, concluding a long and unprecedentedly turbulent legislative process. Businesses now have the certainty they need to start assessing whether they are in scope, and if so, what they need to do to comply with the demanding due diligence obligations under the law, and by when.
Planning ahead for the new Labour Government
New day, new Government! With the sun having set on the previous 14 years of Conservative administration, Labour have now seized the reins.
Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: UK sustainability policies of the future
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
AI in service supply and outsourcing contracts: managing the risks
Artificial intelligence tools can be a game changer in outsourcing and other contracts for services - promising big wins in terms of costs, time, accuracy, scalability and productivity, to benefit both sides of the negotiating table. To reap those benefits, it is important to stay on top of the "new" risks associated with the use of AI in these arrangements.
2024 UK General Election Manifestos: What do we know, and what do we think we know
Find the latest news, views and our analysis of all the key announcements.
Outsourcing Spotlight - Spring/Summer 2024
Welcome to the second edition of the Travers Smith Outsourcing Spotlight. With an election due in July, we look at the likely impact of a Labour Government on outsourcing in the UK.
What's Happening in Pensions - Issue 109
Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Fund names and sustainability
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
10 actions for getting to grips with pensions dashboards
The Government intends pensions dashboards to bring about a fundamental change in the way individuals access information about their pensions, allowing people to see all of their future pension entitlements in one online place.
ICLG: Rated Subscription Lines: An Emerging Solution to the Liquidity Crunch?
Head of Finance Charles Bischoff, Partner Danny Peel and Senior Counsel Laura Smith have contributed to the recently published International Comparative Legal Guide on Lending & Secured Finance.
JIBFL: Rated subscription lines: bringing fund governing documents and finance documents into focus
This article was first published in the May 2024 issue of Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law.
In this In Practice article we will explore the benefits of obtaining a rating for a subscription facility. By reference to ratings criteria announced by the main agencies, we will explore how the limited partnership agreement, side letters and the related finance documentation are analysed to arrive at a rating.
Change of law: VAT treatment of voluntary carbon credits
HMRC have published a Revenue & Customs brief outlining a change in the VAT treatment of voluntary carbon credits (VCCs).
Real Estate Spring Briefing
In this briefing we bring you up to date with seven changes in law and practice which we think will have ramifications for the commercial real estate sectors. Parliament has been busy reviewing two key pieces of legislation implementing the Government's residential reform agenda.
EU SFDR review: Summary of industry views
The European Commission has published a Summary Report summarising the responses to its September 2023 consultations on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
SDR and investment labels: extension of the regime to UK portfolio managers
Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: The UK's anti-greenwashing rule
A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry.
SDR: Finalised guidance on the anti-greenwashing rule
Introduction
On 23 April 2024, the FCA published FG24/3, its finalised non-handbook guidance on the new "anti-greenwashing rule" which was introduced as part of the package of measures establishing the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime (which we covered here). The guidance, like the rule itself, will apply from 31 May 2024 – in just over a month's time.
TPR's General Code of Practice: Reporting to the Pensions Regulator
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