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PCAF publishes draft Global Carbon Accounting Standard for the Financial Sector This summer, PCAF (the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials) has emerged as the front-runner for a harmonised international accounting standard for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions financed by banks, investment managers and insurers through their in... Hong Kong Public M&A Review: H1 2020 Hong Kong Public M&A Review H1 2020: A look back at M&A activity in H1 and key developments to watch out for in H2 In this video Chris McGaffin, Partner and editor of this report, introduces our Hong Kong Public M&A Review for H1 2020. &nb... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - August 2020 Developments in this month's edition include: COVID-19 - ECB publishes article on supervisory impact on EU banking business and the future shape of the sector Single Supervisory Mechanism - ECB announces accession of Bulgaria and Croatia Operatio... The first cartel settlement in Hong Kong – practical implications for businesses (Part 1) Hong Kong recently saw its first court-endorsed cartel settlement. This has important implications on the strategy for handling competition investigations and litigation in Hong Kong. In this two-part series, we take a look at the approach towards ‘hybrid... Brexit and the Capital Markets – does equivalence need to be mutual? Analysis of capital markets “equivalence” determinations by the EU and the UK for prospectuses and accounting standards and their impact on market participants after the end of the Brexit implementation period. In the non-binding Political De... Real Estate Newsletter In this edition of our real estate newsletter, topics include: Electronic signatures; Code of Practice; GAGAs, nuisance and privacy; landlord’s consent; ATMs and rates; and rights to light NEWS Are “friends” electric? Land Registry to... The next normal: what comes after the "new normal"? The last few months have, I think, made it clear that there will be no single sweeping return to "normal". However, as restrictions start to lift (however temporarily) and the end of both lockdown and the Brexit transition period appear on the h... Tax and the City Review for August 2020 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews look at, inter alia, EU proposals for modernising VAT on financial services and the decision in BlackRock which shows up some of the flaws in the current system.  BlackRock loses its European appeal on VAT on management fee... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter Commission fines ethylene purchasers €260m in the Commission’s first cartel settlement in 2020 On 14 July 2020 the European Commission announced that it had imposed fines totalling €260 million on ethylene purchasers who had colluded to l... State Aid for Companies in Financial Difficulty as a Result of COVID-19 A high level guide to the relevant State aid considerations for companies in financial difficulties and considering seeking State support as a result of Covid-19. The scale of the global economic fallout from COVID-19 is immense, and growing. Within Euro...