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Regulation Round Up - June 2024

Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in June 2024: 28 June PRIIPs Regulation: The Joint Committee...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The New CCI Regulations: Changes to the UK PRIIPs Regime

Following a series of consultations, and as part of its wider overhaul of the UK’s financial services regime, in November 2023, the UK government published a draft statutory instrument that will replace existing European...more

A&O Shearman

Paving the way for the future of payments – Instant payments at a glance

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As the final compromise text of the so-called Instant Payments regulation has just been published, our regulatory payment experts have summarised the key obligations that will apply to payment service providers in this...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Finally — It's Almost Here ... Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023

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Jacqueline Cook, Of Counsel, and Larissa Head, Trainee Solicitor, sum up the key points of the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 (the Act) which will shortly receive Royal Assent and come into force two months later. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Synthetic USD LIBOR

As market participants prepare to submit comments on the recent proposal of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) (available here) to require the temporary publication of a “synthetic” 1-, 3- and 6-month USD LIBOR,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Edinburgh Reforms: Big Bang 2.0 or Thoughtful Change?

Following the recently introduced Solvency UK for insurers, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (the UK finance minister) has announced the Edinburgh Reforms, a further series of reforms aimed at the UK financial...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

FCA Confirms New Rules to Improve Oversight of Appointed Representatives - Insights

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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

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Implications for Credit Agreements After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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Following the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, many countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and member states of the European Union, have imposed a coordinated series of sanctions unprecedented in scope...more

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UK to Regulate Cryptoasset Promotions

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HM Treasury has confirmed that it will bring certain unregulated cryptoassets within scope of the financial promotions regime. On 18 January 2022, the UK government confirmed its intention to bring the promotion of certain...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Treasury Launches Consultation on Regulation of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Financing

On 21 October 2021, the UK Treasury (Treasury) published a consultation paper setting out policy options for the regulation of “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) credit agreements. The consultation follows the publication of...more

Hogan Lovells

Payments regulatory news, June 2021 #2

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Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter: June 2021 We have published our latest Global Payments Newsletter which reports on key developments of interest to the payments sector over the last month, including ...more

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The UK’s Woolard Review Proposes Regulations for BNPL Credit Agreements

On 2 February 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) published a report on the U.K. unsecured credit market (the Woolard Report), which makes several recommendations designed to generate alternatives to high-cost...more

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