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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
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UK’s ICO and NCA Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Further Collaboration on Cybersecurity

On 5 September 2024, the UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining how they will further collaborate...more

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Serbia Signals Dedication to Lithium Mining with EU MoU?

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On 19 July 2024, the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Serbia (“Serbia”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) creating a strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials, battery value chains and electric...more

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The EU and the UK Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding on Regulatory Cooperation

In a process that began in December 2020 with a Joint Declaration on Financial Services Regulatory Cooperation, on 27 June 2023 the UK and the EU signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for financial...more

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Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Financial Services finally signed between the UK and EU – a substantive development...

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On 27 June 2023, the UK signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with the European Union ("EU") to increase co-operation on financial services. The MoU has been a long time coming: regulatory cooperation...more

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Regulation Round Up - June 2023

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MiFIR / MiFID II: The European Parliament published a press release announcing it has reached provisional political agreement with the Council of the EU on the proposed amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...more

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UK-EU Memorandum of Understanding Signed

As a major step forward in post-Brexit relations between the two jurisdictions, the UK and EU have signed the highly anticipated memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) on UK-EU regulatory cooperation in financial services. HM...more

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UK-EU MoU on regulatory cooperation in financial services: towards a more constructive relationship?

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HM Treasury has published the text of the awaited draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) on UK-EU regulatory co-operation in financial services, which has already been adopted by the European Commission. The focus of the MoU...more

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Post-Brexit UK-EU Memorandum of Understanding Adopted

On 17 May 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”) published a press release announcing that – as a major post-Brexit milestone – it has adopted a draft memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) on regulatory cooperation in...more

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Financial institutions general regulatory news, April 2021

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UK-EU MoU on regulatory cooperation in financial services - HM Treasury has announced that technical discussions on the text of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on UK-EU regulatory cooperation in financial services have...more

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UK and EU Agree to Establish Joint Financial Regulatory Forum

The United Kingdom and the European Union have concluded technical discussions on the text of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) referred to in the Joint Declaration on Financial Services Regulatory Cooperation agreed...more

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Impact on the Fintech Sector

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) provides for preferential arrangements in certain areas of trade between the EU and the UK, mainly in goods and continued access to related services such as transport and logistics....more

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A New European Financial Services Landscape for a New Year?

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Readers scanning the UK/EU trade deal on Christmas Eve will have looked in vain for a meaningful section on financial services. Instead, the UK asset management industry has been presented with something that looks very much...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on the SEC's New Framework for Cryptocurrencies and Fresh Guidance From...

BROKER-DEALER - Nasdaq Proposes Rule Change to SEC to Assume Operational Responsibility for Certain Investigation and Enforcement Functions Currently Performed by FINRA - On April 3, the Securities and Exchange...more

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Investment Funds Update – Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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AIFMD – ESMA issues draft guidelines on liquidity stress testing in UCITS and AIFs - On February 5, ESMA issued a consultation paper on issuing liquidity stress test guidance for investment funds. The draft guidelines aim...more

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Investment Funds Update – Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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FCA issues further guidance on Brexit preparations - The FCA has published a series of guidance to assist regulated firms in finalizing their preparations for Brexit, particularly in the event of a no-deal scenario when EU...more

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Investment Funds Update – Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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MoUs with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) - The Central Bank of Ireland has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on February 1, 2019 with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom (UK) on foot...more

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Cooperation in Derivatives in a No-Deal Brexit Environment

With the date for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union rapidly approaching, several recent developments concerning derivatives (both legal and political) are likely to be of interest to UK and EU27 counterparties....more

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Luxembourg Proposes 21-Month Grandfathering Period in a "Hard Brexit" Scenario

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The Luxembourg government has proposed legislation (Draft Bill), which would allow UK financial service providers to continue rendering certain services in Luxembourg for a period of up to 21 months after the date when the UK...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on SEC C&DIs, Brexit Financial Sanctions, EMIR Refit Regulation and ESMA

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Issues C&DI on Disclosure of Self-Identified Director Diversity Characteristics - On February 6, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission released...more

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Investment Funds Update – Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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Parliament Adopts Law on Register of Beneficial Owners - Parliament has adopted the law of 13 January 2019 establishing a register of beneficial owners....more

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EU Council Releases Anti-Money Laundering Action Plan

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The Situation: In response to recent cases of money laundering in European banks, the European Union has released an action plan to reinforce its recently proposed anti-money laundering ("AML") and Countering Financing of...more

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ICO Warns Prominent US Company to Change Business Model: Paid Subscription versus FREE with Ads

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A European privacy regulator has spoken on a key facet in its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) interpretation. The UK’s enforcement office apparently believes that an EU data subject cannot give consent to a...more

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Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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FCA Consults on Rules for Post-Brexit Temporary Permissions Regime for Incoming EEA Firms and Funds - The UK government is proposing to implement a “temporary permissions regime” to cover “inbound” European Economic Area...more

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Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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AIFMD – further memoranda of understanding ("MoUs") signed - On 11 September, ESMA updated its table of MoUs signed by the EU authorities. Croatia and Slovenia have still to sign an MoU....more

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Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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AIFMD - ESMA updates AIFMD Memoranda of Understanding ("MoUs") - ESMA updated its list of MoUs on 17 July 2018, singed the EU regulatory authorities (17 July 2018) – Croatia and Slovenia are still to sign MoUs....more

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