05/26/2022
FCA proposes single segment regime for listed companies
Seeks feedback
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
05/26/2022
FCA looks to attract growth firms with listing reforms
The new proposals would mean companies need to meet one set of criteria, and could then opt-in to a further set of obligations.
05/25/2022
Addleshaw Goddard: Financial Services & Banking News
In order to give firms time to adjust to the updated framework, the FPC has decided that the changes set out in this paper will only take effect after the PRA’s December 2022 review of O-SII buffer rates.
05/25/2022
European Union: Directors' Considerations Amidst Geopolitical Unrest
Company directors all over the world are once more called upon to navigate through extremely turbulent times
05/25/2022
EU lawmakers move to block green investment label for gas and nuclear
The Commission proposal was arrived at after nearly two years of internal EU wrangling
05/25/2022
New UK legislation affects overseas companies holding UK property
A further Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, which will provide for wider reform of the UK's Companies House, is expected to be introduced in due course.
05/25/2022
What will operational resilience look like going forward? An overview of the supervisory regulatory position − speech by Duncan Mackinnon
Given at the City & Financial 9th Annual Operational Resilience for Financial Institutions Summit
05/25/2022
Regulatory Initiatives Grid
The Grid provides detail on the timing of initiatives over a 24-month horizon and highlights key examples of closely interconnected initiatives to help stakeholders easily identify these.
05/25/2022
Climate-related disclosures for asset managers by the FCA
What rules govern ESG investment? How do the regulations impact asset managers?
05/25/2022
Giambrone & Partners has successfully obtained a judgment from the High Court in London amounting to £496,019
Giambrone & Partners easily demonstrated that our client was not a professional trader. Dualix maintained the position of defending our client’s claim.
05/25/2022
Results of the 2021 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES)
The Bank of England (Bank) has today published the results of the Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario to explore the financial risks posed by climate change for the largest UK banks and insurers (participants).
05/25/2022
Directors’ considerations amidst geopolitical unrest
Having headquarters in Cyprus may serve as a solution to businesses with global operations including in the affected areas in Eastern Europe.
05/25/2022
Evaluating Investment Opportunities
The context in which an NDA is negotiated, will set the tone of the freedoms and restrictions governing the disclosure or exchange of information.
05/25/2022
Malta fails to implement anti-corruption strategy called for by European watchdog
This report was adopted by GRECO at its 88th Plenary Meeting
05/25/2022
Geldards scoop Private Client Team of the Year at Wales Legal Awards
The team toasted their success along with the other shortlisted finalists at an awards evening at Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel on Friday 20th May.
05/25/2022
Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority hands out €9.5m fine to digital bank
The SFSA says in their decision that Nordnet has not had a satisfactory level of internal governance and control in relation to EU's short-selling regulation.
05/24/2022
UK authorities look to strengthen resilience of Money Market Funds
MMFs are a type of open-ended investment fund, considered to be a low-risk investment that gives investors credit risk diversification and a place to hold, rather than grow, their assets.
05/24/2022
New European ESG Reporting Service for Asset Managers Launched by Broadridge Ahead of Upcoming SFDR Requirements
With a track record of over two decades of subject matter expertise, the solution is based on already established processes for managing regulatory reporting for funds and an existing dissemination network to industry end points.
05/24/2022
Addleshaw Goddard: Financial Services & Banking News
The discussion paper builds on the EIOPA's 2021 work on physical risks and focuses on assessing the materiality of the insurance sector exposure to physical climate change risk under a financial stability perspective.
05/24/2022
UK Model Articles and Sole Directors
All limited companies formed in the UK must have articles of association.