03/09/2022
Quilter pays out £15mn to Lighthouse clients
During 2021, Quilter said it paid out £4mn in redress on BSPS cases, and spent £2mn on professional fees.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
03/09/2022
EU Data Act: new rules for data exchanges between businesses, users and third parties
The Commission said it expects the new rules to add €270 billion to the EU's gross domestic product by 2028.
03/09/2022
Financial Regulation: Daily Update
The Online Advertising Programme will review the regulatory framework of paid-for online advertising in an effort to ensure transparency and accountability across the whole supply chain.
03/09/2022
Financial Services and Banking News
Firms would also be expected to be able to explain what they did in response to this letter if contacted by a Supervisor. FCA, 8 March 2022 (letter dated 7 March 2022)
03/08/2022
Acceleration of UK transparency measures: Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill
The current position is that the publicly accessible register held at the Land Registry for a particular piece of land only discloses the name or names of the legal title holder.
03/08/2022
London Stock Exchange suspends trading in 28 Russian companies
LSE halts transactions in firms hit by sanctions and warns more may follow
03/08/2022
Recent statements by Binance and Eqonex Limited
The FCA can take steps to suspend or cancel the registration of a cryptoasset business if it is not satisfied the firm or its beneficial owner is fit and proper.
03/08/2022
FCA publishes letter on Amigo's Scheme of Arrangement proposal
Since Amigo Loans’ last proposed Scheme of Arrangement was rejected by the High Court, the FCA has continued to engage with the firm and seek to get a better, fairer deal for Amigo’s customers due redress.
03/08/2022
Financial Services and Banking News
The Regulations enter into force on the twentieth day (23 March 2022) following its publication in the OJ.
03/08/2022
Beneficial ownership register for overseas owners of UK Land
The plans had been on ice since 2018
03/08/2022
Ensuring UK landfill tax continues to meet its environmental objectives
Wet size-screening actively encourages the recycling of a significant proportion of material which would otherwise be destined for landfill.
03/08/2022
Financial Regulation: Daily Update
The FCA also confirmed that the firm could, subject to meeting certain conditions, resume lending if the Scheme is sanctioned by the court.
03/08/2022
Investors told to expect big changes to UK prospectus regime
The proposed reforms will also make it easier for unlisted public companies to offer their securities to the public
03/07/2022
Financial Regulation: Daily Update
The documents aim to mitigate the limited risk of data truncation in CHAPS that will occur between November 2022 and April 2023.
03/06/2022
Register of Overseas Entities that own UK land
Failure to comply with the registration requirements will affect an overseas entity’s ability to buy and sell UK land, and to create a charge over land.
03/06/2022
TMF Group exits Russian clients
As parties are added to sanction lists, TMF Group immediately suspends any service to them, pending a discussion with the relevant regulator and a process to determine the appropriate course of action.
03/06/2022
Former Redcentric CFO sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment
When the true position was revealed, shareholders suffered immediate losses in the value of their shares.
03/06/2022
Belgium flexes its AML and regulatory muscle on crypto-service providers
Belgium partially transposed the 5th AML Directive into the Belgian AML Act by way of an act dated 20 July 2020.
03/06/2022
Law modernising the Luxembourg 2004 securitisation law
The Law contains some targeted adaptations to the securitisation regime under the 2004 Law with the aim to clarify certain elements to enhance legal certainty and to ensure continuing flexibility of the Luxembourg securitisation regime adequate for the ma
03/04/2022
FCA taking assertive action to tackle harm in the consumer investments market
The FCA has also revealed that over six months, it opened over 300 cases relating to possible cryptoasset businesses not registered with the FCA