11/26/2025
The EBA releases the final technical package for its 4.2 reporting framework to ensure compliance with EU regulatory reporting obligations and to conclude the transition to DPM 2.0
The final package will be applicable from December 2025.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/26/2025
We must enable growth, not regulate it into obscurity
Guernsey Financial Services Commission Director General: “We must enable growth, not regulate it into obscurity”
11/26/2025
Autumn Budget 2025: Government announces changes to salary sacrifice
The changes are expected to bring upheaval to a large number of workers with removal of the arrangement costing millions of employees hundreds of pounds a year.
11/26/2025
Pay rise for millions as minimum wage jumps to £12.71
Finances are stretched to breaking point and hiring is already frozen.
11/25/2025
Policy churn leaves savers second-guessing, says Nucleus
Nucleus’s 2025 Retirement Confidence Index suggests this shift is already influencing behaviour.
11/24/2025
State pensioners set to pay back full Winter Fuel Payment in income tax if Govt extends threshold freeze, new analysis reveals
A combination of frozen thresholds and healthy uplifts to the state pension in recent years will result in many starting to pay tax on their state pension entitlement from the 2027/28 tax year.
11/21/2025
No changes for Data Reporting Services Providers following ESMA’s 2025 assessment of derogation criteria
Based on the 2025 assessment, the supervisory designations established in 2024 remain unchanged.
11/21/2025
The European Supervisory Authorities designate critical ICT third-party providers under the Digital Operational Resilience Act
First, the ESAs collected data from the Registers of Information maintained by financial entities, which detail their contractual arrangements for ICT services.
11/21/2025
Addleshaw Goddard advises Baltic Storage Platform on construction and project aspects of the landmark EUR 85.6 million project financing of major BESS project in Estonia
This groundbreaking transaction represents the first project financing in the Baltic countries that is exclusively structured around the revenues generated by energy storage assets.
11/21/2025
Borrowing binge continues in run up to Budget
The government borrowed £17.4bn in October, lower than last year but still the third highest on record for this month since records began in 1993.
11/20/2025
PRA confirms FSCS deposit limit to be increased to £120,000 from 1 December
From the start of December, UK bank customers will benefit from an increase to the maximum amount they would be reimbursed for if their bank were to fail
11/20/2025
Dechert Advises Grant Thornton Luxembourg on Acquisition by Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
This acquisition expands Grant Thornton’s multinational platform by adding Grant Thornton Luxembourg, Grant Thornton UAE and Grant Thornton (Cayman)
11/20/2025
Three arrested in investigation into suspected unauthorised debt activities
The individuals have been interviewed under caution and released on conditional bail.
11/19/2025
PISCES operator approved by FCA in push for growth
Bringing a second operator into the market will boost competition, attract a greater variety of businesses and drive opportunities for investors.
11/19/2025
Amazon, Google named by EU among ‘critical’ tech providers for finance industry
The new rules are part of an attempt to protect the EU’s financial sector from the risks around its reliance on external technology providers, for example its use of cloud computing to run key banking services.
11/18/2025
Shoosmiths advises LDC on strategic investment into ARC Building Solutions
Its systems are used by a number of residential and commercial property developers to create safer, more sustainable spaces for people to live and work.
11/18/2025
FCA criticises how firms manage risks
Firms must understand the risks that apply to their business and have robust financial crime systems and controls to manage those risks.
11/18/2025
The FCA survey questions stressing out wealth boutiques
Earlier this year the financial watchdog sent out the third iteration of its annual information request to the wealth and stockbroking sector.
11/17/2025
State Pension could suffer ‘dramatic’ change — It could reach 70 within 5 years
Discover why the increase in State Pension age could be moved to a higher qualifying age
11/17/2025
Lawrence Stephens announces the launch of LS Private
Acting as a single point of accountability, LS Private coordinates the full ecosystem of legal, financial, and personal affairs ensuring that every adviser, asset, and decision is aligned.