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The Financial Markets Standards Board has published a consultation on its transparency draft of its statement of good practice on the governance of sustainability-linked products. SLPs are products whose financial and/or...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a consultation on a new product information framework for Consumer Composite Investments. The regime will apply in respect of a CCI which is or may be distributed to a retail...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have published a joint consultation on compensation reform. The consultation paper sets out proposed amendments to the remuneration part of the PRA...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service have launched a joint call for input on modernizing the redress system. The two main concerns of the FCA and the FOS are mass redress events and FCA-FOS...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has issued a discussion paper on potential options for improving the U.K. transaction reporting regime. The FCA has two primary objectives: to improve the usefulness of transaction...more
The Financial Action Taskforce has published a consultation paper on revisions to its anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing standards relating to financial inclusion. The consultation is part of FATF's program...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has opened a consultation on extending the new payment optionality for investment research to pooled funds. This proposal will allow asset managers to use the new payment optionality that was...more
On 6 November 2024, the Department for Culture, Media & Sport ("DCMS") published a consultation on updating the media mergers regime for the digital age. This consultation comes amidst seismic shifts in the media sector, from...more
The U.K Prudential Regulation Authority began consulting on proposals to amend the prudential framework for large exposures. The proposals include changes to implement the remaining Basel large exposures standards, by: (i)...more
The Bank of England has began consulting on proposals for its supervisory fees for financial market infrastructure firms for 2024/25. The proposals cover: (i) the fee rates to meet the BoE's 2024/25 funding requirement for...more
The U.K. Accelerated Settlement Taskforce Technical Group has published a draft recommendation report and consultation. The Taskforce was established to examine the case for the securities settlement cycle to be shortened...more
The Payment Systems Authority has published a consultation paper on a draft statement of policy on its cost benefit analysis (CBA) framework. The draft statement builds on and replaces the draft CBA framework published...more
The regulator is providing temporary flexibility in light of concerns that asset managers need extra time to prepare. On 9 September 2024, the FCA published a statement on its naming and marketing rules under the...more
On 23 January 2024, the UK Government announced a call for views and requested feedback from businesses of all sizes across every sector on its draft Cyber Governance Code of Practice (the "Draft Code"). Aimed at directors...more
New York, Minnesota and NLRB Act To Limit Noncompetes - New York Legislature Passes Bill To Ban Post-Employment Noncompetes - On June 20, 2023, the New York state Legislature passed a bill that bans post-employment...more
Our recent briefing note explained that CE product safety marking, which is required to sell certain types of goods in the European Union, was being replaced by the UKCA mark in Great Britain (GB) following Brexit. The...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently enacted a rule change that will impact all trademark applications filed nationally in the United States (rather than through the Madrid Protocol)....more
Companies transferring personal data out of the EU or UK are reminded of key deadlines approaching for the contracts that govern these transfers. When the European Commission adopted the new Standard Contractual Clauses...more
On 3 August 2022, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a policy statement (PS22/11) on improvements to the appointed representatives (“ARs”) regime. The FCA consulted on amendments to the AR framework in...more
Last week the Regulation on Clinical Trials (“CTR”) finally became effective in the European Union (“EU”) and replaced the prior Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20 (“CTD”). The CTR was adopted in 2014 and was meant to enter...more
On 5 March 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out certain key dates for the cessation of all 35 London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) settings published by ICE Benchmark Administration. Whilst there has been...more
On 24 February 2021, the UK government laid The Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc. to Connected Persons) Regulations 2021 before Parliament. These draft regulations introduce (among other items) new restrictions...more
This consultation paper proposes a number of amendments to (i) simplify the offer timetable under the Code (ii) provide certainty that once a firm offer has been announced it will not lapse or be withdrawn without good reason...more
Debt Breathing Space Regulations: FCA CP20/21 - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper, CP20/21, on changes to its Handbook resulting from the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space...more
In the United States, despite requesting additional time to review pending mergers, the US antitrust agencies have continued their work through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade...more