10/02/2019

Intellectual property Brexit checklist

UK companies will lose their database rights in the EU and should ensure there are robust contractual restrictions around any use of any databases licensed out/made publicly available to mitigate against this.

09/30/2019

Prudential fined £23.8m for annuity sales

The Financial Conduct Authority has today fined The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (Prudential) £23,875,000 for failures related to non-advised sales of annuities.

09/30/2019

FCA tightens liquidity rules for open-ended funds

The new rules apply to these funds, known as non-UCITS retail schemes (NURSs), but will not apply to other types of fund, such as UCITS, which are already subject to restrictions relating to such assets.