10/25/2023
Review of rules extending SME access to the Financial Ombudsman Service
Our assessment looked at whether changes needed to be made to allow larger SMEs access to the ombudsman service.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
10/25/2023
Babbé also recognised in Legal 500 and C&P
The firm had its Banking & Finance team acknowledged for the first time with a Tier 2 Legal 500 ranking, with team members also praised.
10/25/2023
Following the UK Finance fraud report Quilter reveals its Halloween CORPSE scam avoidance framework
Louise Cockburn information security awareness and culture manager at Quilter, below talks through Quilter’s CORPSE scam framework
10/24/2023
International Tax Review recognizes Dentons among world's leading tax practices
The annual World Transfer Pricing directory is a part of the ITR group.
10/24/2023
Hogan Lovells advises Sartorius Group on a GBP 3.5 million investment in SPARTA Biodiscovery Ltd.
SPARTA Discovery's analysis platform helps to speed up the development, manufacture, and quality control of nanoparticles for biopharmaceutical drugs.
10/24/2023
UK firm declared in default in regard to pension advice
With FSCS receiving 14 claims
10/24/2023
EU and UK Regulatory Update for Fund Sponsors
Routes to marketing in Europe vary among sponsors.
10/23/2023
EBA and ESMA consult on two sets of joint guidelines under MiCA
The consultation runs until 22 January 2024.
10/23/2023
UBS Supports World's Oldest Bank
The commitments agreed to with European Union competition authorities as part of the 5.4 billion euro
10/23/2023
Dentons advises P3 Logistic Parks on acquisition of development asset in Emmen, the Netherlands
P3 has commercial activities in 11 countries and has been investing and developing in European markets for almost two decades.
10/23/2023
FCA warns firms as new cryptoassets financial promotion regime comes into force
The FCA said it expects firms to consider how risk summaries and appropriateness assessments should be tailored to the specific cryptoassets being promoted.
10/20/2023
Complaints data
Further complaints data may be obtained from the Financial Ombudsman Service.
10/20/2023
House of Lords to investigate relationship between regulators and Government
Following recent scrutiny of regulators including the FCA
10/20/2023
DB pensions industry 'working against' govt finance agenda
There is little incentive for schemes not to take risk off the table
10/20/2023
Financial Services & Banking News
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a webpage containing complaints data for the period 1 January to 30 June 2023 (H1).
10/20/2023
German Energy Efficiency Act poses new requirements for data centre construction and operation
It sets out energy efficiency requirements for the construction and operation of data centres, among other matters.
10/19/2023
Scams warning for 12 million Self Assessment customers
A warning to Self Assessment customers who may be targeted by criminals.
10/19/2023
Bernie Ecclestone guilty plea is ‘major return on investment’ for HMRC
This result shows that HMRC is more than willing to take on the most complex cases involving high net worths.
10/19/2023
HSBC disables text functions on staff phones as regulators probe unauthorised communications
The new measures will reportedly apply across the firm, with HSBC already blocking staff from using WhatsApp on work phones.
10/19/2023
The Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee welcomes OBL’s submission of two data collection frameworks
This also aligns with the findings that the Strategic Working Group published in February 2023, where there was broad support from ecosystem members to address these gaps.