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On 31 October 2023, the Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (the “Act”), which establishes a new foreign direct investment ("FDI") screening regime in Ireland, was enacted.
United Kingdom | Publication | May 2023
On April 27, 2023, the Regulator published its annual funding statement for DB schemes. This statement is essential reading for trustees of schemes with valuation dates between September 22, 2022, and September 21, 2023 (known as Tranche 18, or T18).
It is also relevant to schemes undergoing significant changes that require a review of their funding and risk strategies. The Regulator recognises that this year schemes may be in a transformed funding position, and its key messages are:
The Regulator has divided the DB universe into 3 groups:
For each Group, the Regulator has set out guidance in respect of rethinking scheme strategies in relation to funding position, investment consideration, and covenant considerations. The funding statement also provides a set of tables so that trustees can match their specific scheme circumstances in terms of funding characteristics, employer strength and scheme maturity with the Regulator’s expectations. However, the Regulator stresses that the tables are inexhaustive and are no substitute for reading the funding statement and seeking specialist advice.
Our May briefing will look in more detail at the annual funding statement.
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On 31 October 2023, the Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (the “Act”), which establishes a new foreign direct investment ("FDI") screening regime in Ireland, was enacted.
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The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation, or FSR, is intended to prevent or remedy distortions of the EU internal market caused by “foreign” – meaning non-EU – subsidies benefitting companies active in the EU.
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The conventional wisdom is that ‘securitisation caused the great financial crisis’ (GFC). A further piece of conventional wisdom is that this was due to the misalignment of incentives between securitisation originators and securitisation investors . This conventional wisdom in turn drove much of the regulation of securitisation we now have.
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