Insights

Supervisory and Regulatory Approaches to Climate-related Risks: Financial Stability Board publishes Interim Report

The Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) is inviting comments on the consultative report, Supervisory and Regulatory Approaches to Climate-related Risks to assist supervisory and regulatory authorities in developing their approaches to monitor, manage and mitigate risks arising from climate change and, in particular, to promote consistent approaches across sectors and jurisdictions.

EU Commission issues request to ESAs to revisit the regulatory framework of the SFDR specifically in relation to Principal Adverse Indicators (“PAI”)

The EU Commission decided to bundle all 13 draft regulatory technical standards in a single delegated regulation and defer the date of application of the act to January 1, 2023. The Commission adopted the SFDR Delegated Regulation on April 6, 2022 and now requires amendments to be made to the Delegated Regulation based on new regulatory technical standards.

Singapore’s VCC: Thirty Months On and Thriving

On January 15, 2020, just as health experts were starting to raise concerns about the impact of the coronavirus, Singapore announced the launch of the Variable Capital Company (“VCC”), a new legal entity structure for all investment funds.

Overcoming evolving operational challenges

In the latest Future of Private Equity report by Private Equity International, Aman Bahel, Global Head of Business Development at Apex Group, David Ries, Head of Private Equity Solutions, Americas at Apex Group, and Kartik Shah, Head of Private Equity Product Europe, at Apex Group, discuss the evolving operational challenges managers face in today’s marketplace and how to overcome them. As strategies and fund structures become more sophisticated, service providers must step up to support managers’ increasingly complex needs.

On Demand: ESG linked debt, challenges and opportunities in sustainable finance

Partnered with PEI Responsible Investor

FS Disruptor Forum: Equity for Women in Financial Services

Financial services has made major strides in investing in technology in recent years, transforming the way the sector operates and creating efficiencies. But is the industry neglecting to maximise the use of another key resource – its female workforce?

Profilir: Digital Marketing Platform

Digital Marketing Platform and Outsourced Marketing Services

Apex Group continues relationship with Aizawa Asset Management for latest secondary fund

Bermuda Compliance and Regulatory Updates – April 2022

We have compiled a list of the latest compliance and regulatory updates that were announced or took effect that affected Bermuda in April 2022.

Reasons to consider an Escrow account that you might not have thought about

A busy 2021 for corporate activity saw it dubbed ‘the year of M&A’. According to Refinitiv, over 63,000 mergers & acquisitions took place in deals worth more than $5.9trn and high levels of corporate activity have continued into this year, with more than $1trn worth of M&A deals during the first quarter of the year.

Opportunities for fund managers with two new UK reforms

From this April, there are attractive opportunities for fund managers (particularly UK-based ones) with the UK government implementing two reforms that enhance the UK’s attractiveness as a location for asset management.

On Demand: Equity for Women in Financial Services

In Partnership with The Digital Leadership Forum