It is yet unclear if and when the House of Commons will again decide about the Withdrawal Agreement and whether the date for the UK leaving the EU will be changed. Under the current circumstances, a hard Brexit on 29 March...more
3/23/2019
/ Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Corporate Taxes ,
CRD IV Directive ,
EU ,
EU-27 ,
European Commission ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Equivalency Determination ,
Foreign Tax ,
Germany ,
Grandfathering Rules ,
Income Tax Act ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment Funds ,
Member State ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Passporting ,
Proposed Legislation ,
PSD2 ,
Solvency II ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal Agreement
The House of Commons recently rejected the Withdrawal Agreement. While the UK Parliament is still debating how to leave the EU, a hard Brexit remains an option. To prepare for this possibility, the UK, EU Commission and EU27...more
2/11/2019
/ Article 50 Treaty of the EU ,
Banks ,
CRD IV Directive ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Equivalency Determinations ,
EU ,
EU Passport ,
European Commission ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Germany ,
Grandfathering Rules ,
Member State ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Passporting ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Legislation ,
PSD2 ,
Reciprocity Rules ,
Solvency II ,
Subsidiaries ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Parliament ,
Withdrawal Agreement
On 9 January 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA)1 and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)2 published two reports with their advice on cryptoassets for the European Commission (EC) (and in ESMA's case,...more
1/15/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cryptocurrency ,
CSDR ,
Digital Currency ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
FinTech ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
MiFID II ,
Risk Management ,
Securities ,
Virtual Currency