20 May 2021 17:45
As the dust settles on the adoption of the SFDR and fund managers and their legal teams look ahead to the adoption of the more prescriptive Level 2 Regulations and Taxonomy Regulation, we have reviewed the prospectuses and website disclosures of a selection of the top 20 fund managers with Irish UCITS and identified some early trends in the new sustainability disclosures on the market. 19 May 2021 17:23
Following a recent hearing, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has handed down a notable judgment approving the remuneration of the Principal Liquidators of Herald Fund SPC incurred during a six-month period, the entire amount of which had been opposed by Herald’s Liquidation Committee.
How supermarkets trick us into buying unhealthy food, and what we can do about it The way food shops are laid out needs an urgent overhaul if we want to tackle the obesity crisis
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Retail designers estimate that after about 25 minutes in the supermarket we switch from rational to emotional decision-making. Photograph: iStock
Do you ever look up at those signs hanging over the aisles in supermarkets to see how you might possibly get the last three last things you need without going back to the start of the dreaded racetrack?
NICOLA Sturgeon’s future in politics may rest not so much in the hands of the MSPs on Holyrood’s Harassment Complaints Committee but in those of top Irish lawyer James Hamilton QC. The barrister is expected to publish his report shortly on whether the First Minister breached the Ministerial Code in relation to the events surrounding Alex Salmond and the bitter aftermath of his successful legal challenge against the Scottish Government. Sturgeon asked Hamilton to conduct the inquiry and has denied she has breached the code. So with discussion turning on what Hamilton’s conclusions may be, it is perhaps timely to look at his career and background.
Over a lengthy career in journalism Roy Greenslade has written millions of words. But a handful out of a 4,000-word article in the British Journalism Review (and The Sunday Times) explaining his support for Irish republicanism and the IRA have now cast a shadow over all that went before.
In the piece, he talks about his friendship with Pat Doherty, who has been named in parliament as a former member of the Provisional IRA.
He states: “From very early on in our friendship [with Doherty and his wife], we four found ourselves in complete agreement about the right of the Irish people to engage in armed struggle.