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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 | November 2023
On October 25, 2023, the Regulator published a transcript of a recent speech delivered by its chief executive, Nausicaa Delfas, at the Mansion House Pensions Summit, setting out the Regulator’s expectations, largely in relation to investment.
Ms Delfas said the Regulator would like to see "fewer, larger, well-run schemes that facilitate investment in a diverse range of assets". To achieve this, the Regulator expects all schemes to adopt sophisticated investment governance practices. Those lacking the scale or expertise, it says, should consolidate.
The Regulator intends to focus on three areas.
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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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