by Victoria Smith | 2023-04-11 | Our News, Recruitment
In the next part of our ‘Meet the Team’ series, we are delighted to feature Natália Fazano Novaes, from our Legal team who celebrates her first anniversary with Cleveland & Co this week! To celebrate Natália’s first year, we sat down to ask her a few...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-04-05 | Our Thinking
In February 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) released a discussion paper on ‘Updating and Improving the UK regime for asset management’ (DP23/2). The paper seeks feedback on proposals to enhance the UK regime for asset management. Among the proposed...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-04-04 | Our Thinking
In this third of our six deep-dive guides into the FCA’s sustainability disclosure requirements, we’re looking at consumer-facing disclosures. The FCA is proposing that firms provide consumer-facing disclosures that provide consumers with a summary of the...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-04-03 | Our News
As part of our ‘Meet the Team’ series, we are delighted to feature Argyro Leoutsea, from our Legal team who celebrates her first anniversary with Cleveland & Co this week! To celebrate Argyro’s first year, we sat down to ask her a few questions about her...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-03-30 | Our Thinking
summary The Australian Government issued the Privacy Act Review Report 2022 (the “Report”) in February 2023 with a list of 116 proposals to reform the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the “Privacy Act”). These proposals aim to enhance personal data protection offerings to...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-03-30 | Industry News
Under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, financial market participants and financial advisers are required to disclose information on the integration of sustainability risks into investment decision-making, and the impact of sustainability factors on their...
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
Greenwashing is one of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”) key priorities outlined in its recently released enforcement priorities, particularly as there has been an increase in investor demand for sustainability-related financial products in...
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 | 2023-03-14 | Our Thinking
background With a focus on environmental, social and governance (‘‘ESG’’) concerns and the further protection of investors in the modern fund industry, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) considered a proposal to update the Names Rule of funds,...
