11/04/2025
Resilient futures: strengthening financial capability and inclusion for all
Financial inclusion and capability must go hand in hand. People need knowledge, confidence and support to make informed decisions.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/04/2025
Ireland’s Workplace Relations Commission issues warning against AI misuse
The dispute arose after a flight attendant launched a discrimination claim on the grounds of race and family status against his former employer, Ryanair.
11/03/2025
Intesa Sanpaolo: filing notice
Purchases were suspended from 8 to 16 September 2025 in relation to the execution of the share buyback programme serving plans of assignment, free of charge, of Intesa Sanpaolo ordinary shares to employees.
11/03/2025
Jesse Knutson: The FCA should seize the opportunity in tokenisation
To unlock tokenisation’s potential for the sector, the FCA must ensure that its policy framework is not constrained by inefficiencies
10/31/2025
FCA warns investors in CFDs risk losing out on protections
CFDs are a way to bet on the price of a share or asset moving up or down without owning it.
10/31/2025
ECB increasingly comfortable on hold
Data since that update, lead the Governing Council to conclude at today’s meeting that the ‘inflation outlook is broadly unchanged’ and indeed the decision to hold rates was taken with ‘absolute unanimity’.
10/31/2025
FCA warns advice consolidation may cause poor outcomes
Consolidation of financial advice firms can lead to poor outcomes for consumers, employees and the wider financial system, a review from the regulator has found. The Financial Conduct Authority carried out a multi-firm review into consolidation in the fi
10/30/2025
Eurosystem moving to next phase of digital euro project
The Governing Council’s decision aligns with European leaders’ request to accelerate progress on the digital euro, as recently stated at the October 2025 Euro Summit.
10/30/2025
Burges Salmon named among UK’s Top Family Law Firms in leading industry guide
Surveying and analysing departments across more than 100 law firms, the guide provides an in-depth look at the top family practices across the country.
10/29/2025
FCA welcomes legislation to bring ESG ratings providers into regulation
ESG ratings continue to play a critical role in influencing investment and capital allocation decisions.
10/29/2025
UBS to Appeal Court Ruling on Credit Suisse AT1 Bonds
After Switzerland’s financial regulator Finma filed an appeal, UBS has now announced it will do the same.
10/28/2025
Addleshaw Goddard advises Reclaim Fund on expansion of the UK Dormant Assets Scheme into the Investment and Wealth Management sector
The move is expected to unlock millions of pounds in dormant assets for good causes, while safeguarding the rights of asset holders to reclaim their funds at any time.
10/28/2025
Monetary developments in the euro area: September 2025
The components of M3 showed the following developments.
10/28/2025
Bank governance in a changing risk landscape
None of these risks are new to banks, but the magnitude of the threat which they pose has increased.
10/27/2025
TISA warns higher SPA could leave future retirees financially exposed
It believes an approach which aims for all current and future generations to receive a state pension for a broadly similar proportion of their adult life is one way in which equitable outcomes can be measured.
10/27/2025
Chancellor launches Scale-up Unit in Leeds to help firms grow
The Chancellor announced the Scale-Up Unit at the FCA Forum in Leeds.
10/24/2025
Tariffed with the same brush: confronting today’s challenges to trade − speech by Swati Dhingra
Given at central Bank of Ireland ninth annual workshop of the ESCB research cluster 2
10/24/2025
Goodbye, tax havens? OECD and EU tightening on new tax rules.
The era when simply opening an account in a “restricted” country was enough to avoid national taxes is over.
10/24/2025
FCA bans and fines advisor £100,281 for insider dealing
The day before the announcement, Mr Dwane used the inside information and sold his own and a family member’s 125,000 shares worth £124,287.
10/23/2025
Berne Financial Services Agreement for UK and Swiss firms
The BFSA uses outcomes-based mutual recognition to enable firms to take part in cross-border trade in financial services to wholesale and sophisticated clients.