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Competition, antitrust and trade

Foreign direct investment in Italy: what the 2023 annual activity report tells business about the government's 'golden power'

The annual report on the exercise of special powers confirms, once again, an increase in the number of transactions reported
Financial Services

What's holding back UK green consumer finance? A financial services perspective

What is green finance, why is it needed and what are the challenges?
Financial Services

AIFMD II: what Europe's fund managers need to know about the new loan origination regime

New requirements will regulate EEA alternative investment fund managers' loan origination activities
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Draghi report on EU competitiveness offers new recommendations for pharma and biotech

The former European central banker's report delivers strategic insights for pharma companies doing business in the EU
Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU competitiveness report pushes for greener and digitalised medical and IVD

The Draghi report warns of the major impact on medical device firms from digitalisation and heavy regulation
Digital Regulation

PSD3 and PSR: Impact on payment and e-money institutions

The new regulations on payment services foresee new requirements for payment institutions to strengthen the legal framework already established by
Banking and finance

Invalidity of the joint and several guarantee (afianzamiento solidario) clause and waiver of the benefits of excusion, order and division when the guarantors qualify as consumers

The Provincial Court of Cadiz declares the joint and several guarantee ( afianzamiento solidario ) clause in two leasing agreements
Financial Services

'More to do' – UK FCA reviews principals' oversight of appointed representatives

FCA analysis finds some principal firms are taking a 'bare minimum' approach and are not 'getting the basics right'
Financial Services

ESMA sets stricter guidelines for ESG and sustainability-related fund names

New rules, aimed at reducing greenwashing, require stricter criteria for funds using ESG or sustainability terms - though some uncertainties
Public law

Taking the pulse of public procurement in Spain

We examine two crucial issues in Spanish public procurement according to the annual report of the Independent Office for Regulation