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UK FCA extends timeline for review of motor finance commission arrangements

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Following the January 2024 launch of a review of historical motor finance commission arrangements and sales across several firms, the FCA has announced that it now plans to set out the findings from the review in May 2025...more

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The Shadow Financial System

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The concept of the shadow financial system rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In an interview with a Pakistani newspaper a month later, Osama bin Laden stated that Al Qaeda were...more

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Recent Enforcement Trends Regarding the Use of Off-Channel Communications on Personal Devices

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What U.K. Firms Need to Know - INTRODUCTION - Over the past decade, the use of messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, for business purposes as an alternative to traditional email has grown exponentially. Ease of use...more

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Ofcom’s Latest Guidance on Age Assurance Under the Online Safety Act

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On 5 December 2023, the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) published for consultation its draft guidance on age assurance (and other Part 5 duties) for service providers publishing pornographic content on online services,...more

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Key Updates for UK Employers: A Look Through to the End of 2023 and Beyond

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The regulatory landscape for UK employers has evolved significantly over the second half of 2023. New legislation is in force or is due to come into force over the next 12 months, covering a variety of employment-related...more

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MiCA: Making Progress

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The European Council (Council) and the European Parliament (Parliament) announced on 30 June 2022 that they had reached a provisional agreement on the proposal for regulation on markets in cryptoassets (MiCA). The text of...more

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UK’s Updated Data Protection Reform Proposals

The UK government recently introduced a new Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (the “New Bill”). The reforms are intended to update and simplify the UK’s data protection framework and reduce burdens on...more

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Recent Amendments to BVI Company Law: Four Key Changes

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There have recently been a number of amendments to BVI company law. While many of these amendments are technical and will not have a material impact on clients, there are four key changes of which clients should be aware. All...more

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Five Tips for Investor Directors in the Zone of Insolvency

There are distinct advantages to investors sitting on the boards of their portfolio companies, not least their ability to look after their investment and work toward maximising their return. The human capital provided by...more

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UK Government Anti-Corruption Plan – It's Global

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Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulation 2021 - On 26 April 2021, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced the United Kingdom’s first sanctions under the new Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulation 2021 (the...more

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2020 Summer review M&A legal and market developments

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We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance on...more

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UK HR Solutions: How to deal with sickness absence

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Welcome to the next post in our weekly series of hands-on guidance for UK HR professionals. In this series we look at common HR issues that you’ll encounter in the workplace and give you practical guidance on how to deal with...more

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Updated COVID-19 Guidance From The Financial Conduct Authority

During the first week of June, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued two publications on COVID-19-related matters that will be of particular interest to FCA-authorised firms (“Firms”), including payment services firms...more

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Letting agents: anti-money laundering requirements

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On 10 January 2020, The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 came into force. As a result, letting agents are now supervised by HMRC for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing...more

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Senior Managers and Certification Regime

The commencement date of 9 December 2019 for the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) to solo-regulated firms is fast approaching. The SMCR will replace the existing Financial Conduct Authority...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Topics on Broker/Dealer and UK/EU Developments

BROKER-DEALER - Nasdaq Has Proposed a New Rule Change To Modify Its System of Volume-Based Credits - The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to...more

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Mixed Funds – Limited Window for Cleansing Until 5 April 2019

• Individuals that are UK tax resident and non-UK domiciled have the ability until 5 April 2019 to cleanse their mixed overseas funds and accounts. • Affected individuals should act now to review their position and assess...more

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Documentation under the GDPR – the ICO goes on the record

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Article 30 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on 25 May 2018, places an obligation upon data controllers and processors to keep internal records of data processing activities. The data...more

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New anti-money laundering regulations: action for pension scheme trustees - Updated December 2017

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Pension scheme trustees should be aware of requirements under new money laundering regulations to record information and, in some cases, to give the information to third parties and to register the information with HMRC. ...more

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New anti-money laundering regulations: action for pension scheme trustees

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Pension scheme trustees should be aware of requirements under new money laundering regulations to record information and, in some cases, to give the information to third parties and to register the information with HMRC. ...more

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Derivatives In Review - August 2017

LIBOR Discontinuance and the Derivatives Markets - On July 27, the Chief Executive of the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, the FCA would no longer use its power to persuade or compel...more

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Joint DB and DC trustee agenda update: current legal issues

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees responsible for DB and DC pension arrangements, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings, and to support the legal...more

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Freedom to Utilize Genetic Resources? The Nagoya Protocol Two Years Later

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Two years ago today, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (“Protocol”) entered into international...more

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Inducement Rules: FCA Reminds Firms of Its Expectations

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The FCA has found that client hospitality events do not always enhance the quality of service to clients in line with its inducement rules....more

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Alert: The Market Abuse Regulation

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Overview for AIM Companies - The Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") applies from 3 July 2016 and will mean a number of changes for AIM companies. The main practical issues to be aware of are listed below: - There...more

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