Future of UK financial services: Treasury Committee inquiry written evidence - The House of Commons Treasury Committee has published written evidence to the committee's inquiry into the future of financial services in the...more
PUBLICATIONS - Brexit and the creation of UK sectoral sanctions targets - The UK currently is set to leave the European Union on 29 March. In the context of international sanctions, most commentary has focussed on the...more
BREXIT - Updated draft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 published On 12 February, HMT published an updated draft of the Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit)...more
Allen & Overy publish weekly updates on key regulatory topics affecting the financial services sector. BREXIT - Please see the product sections for updates on the various draft SIs published in the last two weeks in...more
1 January - The Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products ("PRIIPs") Regulation (1286/2014) (the "PRIIPs Regulation") came into force on 1 January 2018. This includes an obligation on PRIIP manufacturers to...more
BREXIT - HoL EU Financial Affairs sub-committee publishes transcript of BoE oral evidence on financial supervision - On 17 January, the HoL EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee published the transcript of the oral...more
CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight Extends Time-Limited No-Action Relief for SEFs from Certain Block Trade Requirements - On November 14, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division ("CFTC") of Market...more