Money, Money, Money – Swedish Regulator Issues Fines for Major Shareholder Disclosure Failings

It’s been a busy couple of months for the Swedish Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) – so far in 2021, they have issued fines totaling SEK 20,390,500 (USD 2,462,174) for shareholder disclosure failings. With fines ranging from SEK 11,000 to SEK 5,100,000, as displayed in the graph below, non-compliance with Swedish disclosure requirements can be a costly affair.

UK 0.1% Short Selling Notification Threshold Here to Stay social share image

UK 0.1% Short Selling Notification Threshold Here to Stay

This week, on the 1st February 2021, the Statutory Instrument (SI) amending the initial notification threshold under Article 5(2) of the Short Selling Regulation (SSR) entered into force. The SI amends the reporting of net short positions to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), in relation to the issued share capital of a company that has shares admitted to trading on a trading venue, from 0.2% to 0.1%.

UCITS Eligible Markets – Regulated, Operates Regularly, Open to the Public

UCITS Eligible Markets – Regulated, Operates Regularly, Open to the Public

Following the end of the transition period, on the 1st January 2021, COLL 5.2.10 was updated to include the “United Kingdom“. COLL 5.2.10 of the Sourcebook now reads that a market is eligible under the “UK UCITS” regime, if it is: A regulated market; A market in the United Kingdom or an EEA State which is regulated, operates regularly and is open to the public.

Top 5 Foreign Investment Developments - November 2020

Top 5 Foreign Investment Developments: November 2020

Foreign investment and sensitive sectors regimes enable government across the world to scrutinise foreign shareholders investing in sectors considered sensitive in the particular jurisdiction. We have seen the number of regimes significantly increase and scrutiny intensify throughout 2020. November, however, appears to have been a bumper month in terms of foreign investment developments tracked by our Regulatory Research Team. Below we highlight the top 5 shareholder disclosure FI developments we tracked through November.

CP86 Thematic Review and Conclusions

CP86 Thematic Review and Conclusions

On 20th October 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published a letter to all UCITS management companies, authorised Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs), self-managed UCITS investment companies and internally managed Alternative Investment Funds which are authorised AIFMs. The letter sets out the CBI’s conclusions of its thematic inspection of compliance with its Fund Management Companies Guidance, which concluded the three-part CP86 consultation process.