08/20/2025
Millions of people will receive their essential financial support before the August bank holiday weekend, as the Government has confirmed that benefit payments will be brought forward to Friday 22 August.
08/20/2025
The recognition notes our growing trade secrets practice operating from our offices in London, Cambridge, Oxford, Hong Kong and Singapore
08/19/2025
Under the standardised approach of credit risk, the exposure values of off-balance exposure depend on the application of certain percentages, which in turn rely on a bucket classification.
08/19/2025
Such a scenario could ease concerns that inflation has proven more difficult to bring down, which would lead to further calls for interest rates to be cut.
08/19/2025
This regulatory shift is a welcome one.
08/19/2025
Among those compensated are victims of the Friendly Pensions Ltd fraud. Its operators, Susan Dalton and Alan Barratt, were convicted and jailed in 2022 for stealing £13.7m from savers after a prosecution brought by TPR.
08/18/2025
A total of 12 were sacked and 26 members of staff were issued with written warnings.
08/18/2025
Advisers shouldn’t base their career decisions on salary alone.
08/15/2025
The guide to internal models, updated in July 2025, clarifies the ECB’s expectations in relation to EU legal requirements for banks
08/15/2025
Anti-money laundering checks, or AML checks, are measures introduced by the government to prevent illicit economic activity.
08/15/2025
Europe is facing a new reality marked by a deteriorating security environment.
08/14/2025
This could be harm to consumers, to markets, to the UK economy or to wider society.
08/14/2025
Both documents review developments between 2022 and 2024 and are intended to guide supervisory priorities and inform the risk management frameworks of regulated firms across the UK and EU.
08/14/2025
As the FCA hands out fines to Neil Woodford and his firm, Richard Buxton says the regulator needs to take its share of the blame for being asleep at the wheel as the crisis unfolded.
08/14/2025
The surge highlights growing staff and public confidence in raising concerns about wrongdoing in the financial sector.
08/14/2025
Pulse Clean Energy has established itself as a leading developer and operator of battery storage in the UK, with a planned operational capacity of over 2GWh by 2030.
08/13/2025
If a regulated financial firm is no longer trading and cannot pay a customer’s claim, FSCS can step in to pay compensation if certain requirements are met.
08/13/2025
The Chambers High Net Worth Guide identifies and ranks top-performing lawyers and firms working with high net-worth individuals and their advisers.
08/13/2025
Some businesses believe this is unfair when they are settling complaints earlier in the process.
08/12/2025
The regulator has updated its sustainability reporting requirements webpage, offering guidance on efficient reporting under both TCFD and SDR rules.