ESG for Asset Managers – Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Many thanks again to Alethea for producing a follow up to her initial ESG article. This document focuses on Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). To access the PDF please click this link – ESG for Asset Managers Series – SFDR (002) Alethea Nugent, Independent Compliance
How the recent decision in Schrems II has consequences for any future Brexit deal with the EU An unprecedented amount of interest within the global privacy community was generated on 16 July 2020 when the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) delivered its verdict in the case brought by Maximillian Schrems against Facebook
ESG for Asset Managers – Draft Amendments to MiFID II, the AIFMD & UCITS Scene Setting In March 2018 the European Commission (EC) published an ambitious Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth, including 10 Action Points for financial services firms. Action Point 7 is – Clarify institutional investors’ and asset managers’ duties. There are a
COVID19: FCA guidance under review – SMCR under the microscope Overview The Regulator has often been criticised for ‘closing the stable door after the horse has bolted’. Covid 19, has provided an opportunity (which the FCA has grabbed) to provide timely and generally clear guidance and their expectations of the industry and support to consumers
Implications for data privacy in the UK in the wake of a deal or ‘no deal’ Brexit Having left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020, the UK is currently in a Brexit transition period that runs out on 31 December 2020. Whilst the other 27 Member States of the EU have been grappling
Lockdown is easing, but has anything really changed? There are signs of some movement in the market: while very sadly some firms haven’t made it through, some are gearing back up for a return to the office, and others are intending to continue working from home for the remainder of 2020. Not everyone is able
Change In 2007 U.S. presidential candidate swept into office on the back of the slogan “Change is coming to America.” In 2008 the Global Financial Crisis derailed plans and shrunk the US economy. Eight years later many U.S voters determined the promised change hadn’t turned up. Behold, The Revolution Uprooted Mainstream Politics and change arrived
In a world where currently there is a lot of negative press we’ve decided to focus on the potential positives that could come out of the COVID situation for the Legal, Audit, Risk & Compliance community. Culture Anyone that has worked with me knows I bang on about culture more than anything but it really
CLARC is a specialist recruiter in the Legal, Audit, Risk & Compliance fields. We pride ourselves on our high quality of service, providing a ‘quality not quantity’ approach to sourcing candidates. We fully understand that recruitment for many companies is now temporarily on hold however we also understand that for critical hires, particularly at the
Our owner & MD, Chris Clarke, explains his motivations behind the ‘Break In’ scheme CLARC have launched. ‘Back in June 2005 I well and truly fell into Compliance, having left my job at Wetherspoons to go and earn my fortune in the City….well get a job doing anything to start with! That’s how I landed
