05/05/2023
A guide to the UK's domicile regime
The benefits of the regime have been curtailed by legislation passed by previous administrations, most notably in the Finance Act 2008
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
05/04/2023
Government announces new plan to tackle fraud as only 29% of pension fraud reports sent for police investigation
The government’s new fraud strategy includes introducing a suite of new measures such as launching a new National Fraud Squad led by the National Crime Agency and the City of London Police and investing £30 million in a state-of-the-art report
05/04/2023
Sanctions tracker – round-up of recent UK and EU developments
The statutory guidance has also been amended to reflect the Amending Regulations and the Export Control Joint Unit has issued a Notice to Exporters.Sanctions tracker – round-up of recent UK and EU developments In this post we provide a summary of
05/04/2023
The Bank of England consults on its approach to Enforcement policies to provide greater clarity on the scope of its powers and processes
Incentivise early admissions through the introduction of an enhanced settlement discount in appropriate cases of up to 50%
05/03/2023
New EU proposals on FRAND patent licensing aim to resolve disputes out of court
SEPs are patents that protect technology believed to be essential to implementing a technical standard.
05/03/2023
Irish employers should prepare for new remote working laws
When the Act comes into force, employers will be obliged to consider remote working requests made by employees in accordance with it.
05/03/2023
FCA proposes to simplify rules to help encourage companies to list in the UK
The decision by a firm to list is based on many more factors than regulation alone, such as taxation and the availability of capital.
05/02/2023
Key regulatory considerations in wealth management M&A
In this series of articles, we look at a variety of aspects in M&A transactions which can affect value, for buyer or seller, and propose ways of addressing these in the commercial terms to enhance value.
05/02/2023
PRA sounds first significant note of caution over corporate pension deals
Data published by the Pensions Regulator (TPR) earlier this week suggests that 25% of UK corporate pension plans can now afford such ‘buyouts’.
05/02/2023
Germany to introduce 'commercial courts' and proceedings in English
Already in January, Justice Minister Marco Buschmann had presented a corresponding key issues paper.
05/02/2023
Bank of England gives UK insurers a reality check
Insurers cautioned over aggressive pension scheme grab
05/02/2023
Addleshaw Goddard: Financial Services & Banking News
The voluntary cooperation forum aims to facilitate engagement between regulators on digital policy areas of mutual interest.
05/02/2023
London's first SPAC suspends shares
Liquidation
04/28/2023
Financial Services & Banking News
The FCA's latest findings indicate that in H2 2022, financial services firms received 1.79 million complaints
04/28/2023
Scottish Widows tops complaints list for pensions and investments
When just looking at the decumulation and pensions category, Coutts had 120 per cent of its complaints upheld, followed by LV (88.82 per cent) and Scottish Widows (86 per cent).
04/28/2023
BoJ indicates shift from dovish policy with new review
Drops forwards guidance
04/28/2023
Watchdog critical of Government of Jersey's risk management
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has published its follow-up report on the island's integrated technology solution (ITS).
04/28/2023
Microsoft to appeal CMA block on Activision deal
It is the second time in recent months that the CMA has intervened in relation to a global merger in the technology sector – in October last year it ordered Meta to sell Giphy amidst concerns over the merger’s impact on access to GIFs across s
04/28/2023
Proposed changes in EU securitisation guidelines pose challenges to cross-border deals
The EBA’s existing guidelines on the STS criteria only concern ‘traditional’ securitisations: asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) and non-ABCP transactions.
04/28/2023
Pensions disputes: cases highlight clear customer communication importance
Mr N complained to the provider that the discount should be applied to the income drawdown account.