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UK data protection reform, take 2.

This briefing was originally published on 18 November 2021 and was last updated on 15 March 2022.

The last few years have seen the development of several new initiatives designed to increase transparency in the real estate sector. 

The recent announcement of the UK Government's Payment and Cash Flow Review has once again put the spotlight on late payment clauses and other payment practices. Larger businesses in particular may be criticised for failure to comply with legal requirements or "best practices" in relation to their purchasing activity.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

In this week's Alternative Insights, we are looking forward to the key themes for 2023, following an event we held in London on Wednesday and the launch of our new annual Insights publication.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

The EU and the UK are each determined to regulate online content and protect users from online harms. The EU got there first. Its Digital Services Act, which will impact all online intermediaries operating in the EU at varying levels, is already in force.

Home| Knowledge| What's happening in Pensions - Issue 100

In this week's Alternative Insights, we are looking forward to the key themes for 2023, following an event we held in London on Wednesday and the launch of our new annual Insights publication.

Our ESG timeline sets out recent and expected UK and EU legal and regulatory developments relating to ESG and wider sustainable business topics. The timeline can be filtered according to your business type or the relevant ESG theme.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

Improving cybersecurity for essential services and infrastructure is high on the agenda for the UK's and the EU's legislators, in response to the ever-evolving threat landscape. The UK's and the EU's respective network and information systems or NIS regimes, while both to be strengthened (including by bringing managed service providers into scope), look to be diverging. 

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

Landlords, operators and managers of buildings in England that contain 2 or more residential units which share communal spaces will be impacted by the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 (the "Regulations") that come into effect on 23 January 2023. They are laid under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 ("Fire Safety Order"), and implement the majority of the recommendations set out in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

As legislators and regulators increase their focus on human rights and good governance, the UN Principles for Responsible Investment ("UNPRI"), an international organisation that works to promote the incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making, announced at the end of last year the creation of a new collaborative stewardship initiative, Advance.