Jun 29, 2018 Some thoughts on the FCA and HM Treasury statements on Brexit By Macfarlanes Following the passage of the European Withdrawal Act on 26 June 2018, HM Treasury and the FCA have each published statements setting out...
Jun 29, 2018 FCA change of address effective 1 July 2018 By Macfarlanes The FCA's London office is relocating from 25 The North Colonnade and 1 Canada Square, both in Canary Wharf, to 12 Endeavour Square,...
Jun 26, 2018 Construction - Facing the future By Doug Wass We were delighted to have a great attendance this morning at our Facing The Future event at the newly opened Collection Gallery at the...
Jun 22, 2018 A mixed bag of changes to the UK Immigration Rules By Macfarlanes The UK Government has published its most recent changes to the UK Immigration Rules, which are due to come into effect on 6 July 2018. ...
Jun 20, 2018 Clients must have LEI from 3 July By Macfarlanes The Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR), which was effective on 3 January 2018, requires all firms subject to MiFIR...
Jun 19, 2018 Fifth Money Laundering Directive By Macfarlanes Today, the agreed text of the Fifth Anti-money Laundering Directive (5MLD) is published in the Official Journal of the European Union....
Jun 18, 2018 A report from the IBA seminar in New York By Charles Martin I was delighted to attend and speak at the International Bar Association’s 17th annual conference on international mergers and...
Jun 11, 2018 UK merger control will catch more technology deals from today By Macfarlanes The UK merger control thresholds have been lowered from today for target businesses developing military and dual-use technology,...
Jun 11, 2018 To become a global leader in AI technology the UK needs a global workforce By Macfarlanes A Freedom of Information Request has shown that, in recent months, 1,946 applications for restricted Certificates of Sponsorship under...
Jun 11, 2018 Regulators become more active on crypto By Macfarlanes In January I wrote about the different approaches that national regulators are taking to regulating cryptocurrencies and initial coin...
Jun 08, 2018 Open for business: short term business visitor reform By Rhiannon Kinghall Were The tax and administrative rules for short term business visitors (STBV) to the UK are set to ease, according to a new government...
Jun 07, 2018 The FCA imposes sanctions for AML failings By Macfarlanes The FCA has fined Canara Bank £896,100 and restricted it from accepting deposits from any new customers for a period of 147 days as a...
Jun 05, 2018 Is the Government finally dealing with the new reality of skilled migration? By Macfarlanes Finally, after the cap for Tier 2 (General) was exceeded for the sixth month in a row in May, the Government appears to be accepting that...
Jun 05, 2018 Future Fifty companies growing-up quickly By Alex Edmondson Given the requirement to have achieved at least £5m of revenue over the previous 12 months and 30 per cent growth year on year for the...
Jun 04, 2018 Brexit VAT issues: a simple solution? By Ashley Greenbank The debate on Brexit tax issues has not progressed much further than customs duties. Until the question of whether the UK wants to be in...
Jun 01, 2018 Investment management conference - summary By Stephen Robinson On Thursday 24 May we welcomed over 70 investment managers to our annual investment management conference. We covered a broad range of...