Worldwide: Investment Strategy

European financial regulators are advancing major reforms across sustainable finance disclosure, investment firm risk management, and ESG ratings oversight. From stricter sustainability reporting requirements under SFDR 2.0 to streamlined fund reporting frameworks and new endorsement rules for third-country ESG ratings, these developments signal a significant shift in regulatory expectations for asset managers, investment firms, and rating providers operating in EU markets.

On 20 May 2026, the European Commission published a targeted consultation on the review of Regulation (“EU”) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (“MiCA”).

Europa erlebt einen sicherheitspolitischen Paradigmenwechsel - mit gravierenden Konsequenzen weit über die Rüstungsbranche hinaus. Nele Frie und David Peroz analysieren, wie die strategische Neuausrichtung der europäischen Verteidigungspolitik Investorenperspektiven verändert, die Kapitalmärkte bewegt und die Debatte um nachhaltige Finanzregulierung neu entfacht.

For many Maltese shoppers, the digital retailer SHEIN (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Company') has evolved from an online novelty into a household staple.

As EU fund sponsors (EUFS) grow, they often recognise that establishing a fund in Luxembourg, rather than a fund in their home jurisdiction, increases their chances of attracting capital from across the EU.

Evergreen private credit funds come in a wide variety of formats, but they all have a perpetual life and operate through ongoing fundraising and continuous investment activity

The SFDR was adopted on 27 November 2019 and has been in application since March 2021. Following a comprehensive assessment revealing market misuse of Article 8 and 9 classifications as de facto labels...

Acknowledging several shortcomings in the existing SFDR framework, the reforms are intended to simplify and reduce the burden of sustainability-related disclosures and requirements under the SFDR and improve end investors' ability to understand and compare sustainability-related financial products.

On 17 November 2025, the European Commission published delegated regulations adopting the final regulatory technical standards ("RTS") on liquidity management tools ("LMTs"), supplementing AIFMD and the UCITS Directive.