As previously reported, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, and the International Organization of Securities Commissions published a joint consultation ("report").
We are pleased to inform you that the next meeting of the ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee will be held virtually on Monday, February 14, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. US Eastern / 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. GMT.
On Wednesday, February 9 at 9:00 a.m. (Tuesday, February 8 at 8:00 p.m. EST), ICI will host a workshop for members to discuss questions, approaches, and challenges to implementing the MAS Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management for Asset Managers.
On Wednesday, February 16 at 9:00 a.m. HKT (Tuesday, February 15 at 8:00 p.m. EST), ICI will host a workshop for members to discuss questions, approaches, and challenges to implementing two significant ESG-related regulatory developments in Hong Kong that were finalized in 2021.
On 17 December 2020, ICI Global filed its response to the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) consultation paper ("CP") on the best execution reports that execution venues and investment firms are required to publish under MiFID II.
On 4 November 2021, the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) published the Common Ground Taxonomy package, including an instruction report and a Common Ground Taxonomy Table that is open for public feedback until 4 January 2022.
On 10 November 2021, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) released Version 1 of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (ASEAN Taxonomy), in conjunction with the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26).
On November 25, the European Commission issued its proposal on four legislative files, collectively referred to as the "CMU Package." As part of the formal process in the better regulation framework, the Commission has opened a feedback period for each of these proposals until...
As previously advised, on 1 October 2021 the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a call for evidence (CfE) on certain retail investor protection issues. Attached is ICI Global's draft response to the CfE.
In March 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted interim final rules to implement the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCA Act), which requires the SEC to identify issuers that have filed annual reports with audit reports issued by a registered audit firm...
