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UK Announces New Regime To Regulate ‘Buy-Now, Pay-Later’ Lending Following October 2024 Consultation

In October 2024, HM Treasury (HMT) published a consultation paper amid perceived concerns related to the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) sector, including uninformed consumer decisions, affordability checks and levels of...more

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Buy Now Pay Later - The Journey Continues (and the end is nearly in sight)

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In an exciting week for consumer credit lawyers, in addition to the consultation paper on the reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA), we also have HM Treasury’s response to the feedback it received from the 61...more

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UK seeks feedback on revisions to regulation of alternative investment fund managers

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The HM Treasury (HMT) has launched a consultation on proposals to revise the legislative regime applicable to Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and the depositories they use. The government intends to use the...more

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Reforming the UK Regime for Private Fund Managers: FCA and HMT Papers Point the Way

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In our recent alert “Properly Valuing Private Equity, Venture, Real Estate, and Other Private Market Assets: Some Pointers for UK and EU Managers”, we discussed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) focus on fund...more

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FCA and HM Treasury Consult on Proposals to Reform UK AIFMs Regulation

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The proposals aim to make the UK regime more proportionate and suggest different rules applying to hedge funds, venture capital firms, and private equity houses. On 7 April 2025, the FCA published a Call for Input, and HM...more

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HM Treasury and FCA Open Consultation to Reform the UK AIFMD

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On 7 April 2025, HM Treasury published a consultation to overhaul the UK Alternative Investment Fund Managers regime. That same day, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a call for input outlining its intended...more

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UK PRA consults on changes to FSCS protection limits and amendments required for Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill

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Proposed increases in the deposit protection limit from £85,000 to £110,000 and in the temporary high balance limit from £1 million to £1.4 million would take effect from 1 December 2025. There would be a transitional period...more

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The Stars Align - FCA’s PISCES Proposals to Build on Private Market Practices

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The FCA is approaching its design of the world’s first regulated private/public crossover market with a “private plus” rather than a “public minus” mindset. On 17 December 2024, the FCA launched a consultation on its...more

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