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Blue Bonds: Making a splash in the Capital Markets
In 2018, the Republic of Seychelles launched the first-ever “blue bond”, with the support of the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility.
Pensions Regulator publishes report assessing DC schemes’ resilience to climate change
United Kingdom | Publication | April 2025
On April 10, 2025, the Regulator published a report outlining the climate change risks most relevant to UK schemes which shows that there are “too many” small DC schemes where trustees' knowledge of the scale of financial risks posed by climate change is limited.
The report covers schemes with £1.4trn in UK private occupational pension saving and reveals that while all master trusts and 92 per cent of large schemes dedicate resources to climate risk, only four per cent of micro schemes and 25 per cent of small schemes do the same. The Regulator is calling on trustees of smaller schemes to upskill or consider market consolidation.
In addition, the Regulator has published a strategy setting out the main risks of climate change to the Regulator itself as an organisation and the actions it is taking to manage them.
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Marine Money Week New York 2025
We are delighted to be participating in Marine Money Week New York 2025. As one of the landmark events for the global shipping finance community, and with the global shipping and maritime industry at such a pivotal juncture, we look forward to catching up with clients and contacts to continue discussions around navigating the current challenges and opportunities.
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The parallel imposition requirement in exclusive distribution systems: key takeaways from the CJEU’s ruling in Beevers Kaas
On 8 May 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) delivered its ruling in case C-581/23 (the Ruling), providing guidance on one of the conditions for an exclusive distribution agreement to benefit from the block exemption under Article 4(b)(i) of the 2010 Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (the VBER)1, notably the so-called ‘parallel imposition requirement’.
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