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The Danish FSA: Managers need to ensure truly sustainable investments
The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (the “Danish FSA”) has initiated an inspection of three managers in September 2024.
SFDRSustainabilityThe Danish FSAThe Omnibus package and its impact on EU’s ESG regulation
Yesterday, the European Commission revealed the proposal for the Omnibus Simplification Package.
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The Danish FSA has updated the report on fitness assessments
On 5 February 2025, the Danish FSA published a new and updated version of its report detailing its practice regarding the fitness assessment of board members, executive management members and key persons in financial businesses.
Danish RegulationGovernanceThe Danish FSAEU Commission calls for review of certain outbound investments
On 15 January 2025, the European Commission issued a recommendation urging EU Member States to review investments out of EU for risks of enabling technology transfers/leakage into third countries (‘outbound investments’).
Cross-BorderThe Danish government has presented bills for implementing the NIS2 Directive and the CER Directive
On 6 February 2025, the bills for implementing the NIS2 Directive and the CER Directive were presented by the Danish government to the Danish Parliament.
CERCybersecurityNIS2EU Competitiveness Compass – ESG takeaways
29 January 2025, the EU Commission published its Competitiveness Compass which sets out a compass that will guide the work in the coming five years and lists priority actions to reignite economic dynamics in Europe, according to the communication.
CSDDDCSRDDisclosure RequirementsSFDRSustainabilityNew advance tax rulings expand the scope of carried interest taxation
According to two new advance tax rulings from the Danish Tax Assessment Council (SKM2025.46.SR and SKM2025.47.SR), under certain circumstances, investments directly in portfolio companies owned by a private equity or venture capital fund may also be subject to taxation under the carried interest taxation scheme.
Venture CapitalImpact & ESG
The Omnibus package and its impact on EU’s ESG regulation
Yesterday, the European Commission revealed the proposal for the Omnibus Simplification Package.
CSDDDCSRDDisclosure RequirementsSustainabilityEU Competitiveness Compass – ESG takeaways
29 January 2025, the EU Commission published its Competitiveness Compass which sets out a compass that will guide the work in the coming five years and lists priority actions to reignite economic dynamics in Europe, according to the communication.
CSDDDCSRDDisclosure RequirementsSFDRSustainabilityThe Omnibus Simplification Package and how it may impact EU’s ESG regulation
In the end of 2024, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen indicated that existing and future EU ESG reporting obligations may be consolidated into an “omnibus” regulation with the purpose of reducing reporting requirements.
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