2022 Insights
UK Autumn Statement preview
The UK Budget due out on 17 November is expected to bring significant fiscal tightening in a bid to restore the government’s financial credibility
16 Nov 2022
Alternative fund consolidation
As consolidation in the alternative fund market continues, general partners are looking for other means to fund their commitments.
16 Nov 2022
Depositary Insights Autumn 22
In this edition the FCA’s new Consumer Duty, an update on LTAF, ESG investing, ‘side pocket’ proposals and regulatory horizon scanning.
14 Nov 2022
Consumer Duty: an analysis
The FCA’s policy statement on Consumer Duty is timely given the pressures consumers are facing with cost of living, inflation and interest rate rises.
14 Nov 2022
Long Term Asset Fund revisited
The Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) has itself become a long term feature on the regulatory agenda. Unfortunately, the uptake of LTAFs has been somewhat muted.
14 Nov 2022
Side pockets: delivering at pace
One of the most important policy developments of 2022 is the FCA’s guidance on side pockets, aimed to address the fund suspensions seen earlier in the year.
14 Nov 2022
ESG: adapting to a changing world
2022 was expected to be a year for ‘heavy lifting’ for ESG policy but the disruptions of H1 meant that much was inevitably pushed back into H2.
14 Nov 2022
Horizon scanning
Horizon scanning has always been an important part of a firm’s compliance toolkit. Recent events have shown the importance of a more holistic approach.
14 Nov 2022
Is ESG investment delivering on COP26 pledges?
One year on, and with COP27 having kicked off, what progress has been made on COP26 pledges, and what more needs to be done – particularly by asset managers.
07 Nov 2022
The SDGs: How is the UK doing?
We're joined by guest Jessica Lobo from the UN Global Compact Network UK to discuss their report 'Measuring Up 2.0' and how the UK is performing on the SDGs.
31 Oct 2022
Ten things about Science-Based Targets
Recently we hosted a webinar where we interrogated our report findings on the science-based targets. Here we discuss the ten things to know about science-based targets.
10 Oct 2022
Guernsey Sustainable Finance Week Roundup
We summarise the key conversations from Guernsey Sustainable Finance Week around biodiversity, the energy transition and carbon markets and pricing.
07 Oct 2022