Jul 31, 2018 New Immigration Rules increase burden on Tier 1 (Investor) migrants and wealth management advisors By Macfarlanes On 6 July 2018, changes were introduced to the UK Immigration Rules governing the Tier 1 (Investor) category. These affect the way that...
Jul 30, 2018 Are MiFID II research rules affecting UK mid-caps liquidity? By Samuel Brooks The FT this morning reported a drop in analyst numbers covering UK mid-cap companies and a significant drop in the liquidity of their...
Jul 27, 2018 FMSB Behavioural Cluster Analysis By Dan Lavender The FICC Market Standards Board (FMSB) has today published an important research document called the Behavioural Cluster Analysis looking...
Jul 27, 2018 House of Lords report on off-site manufacturing By Mark Lawrence The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee's detailed report on off-site manufacturing was published last week. The main...
Jul 24, 2018 A new UK Corporate Governance Code By Harry Coghill Dominic Sedghi Last week the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the long-awaited new-look UK Corporate Governance Code.The new Code is in part...
Jul 24, 2018 Changes to the UK's Corporate Governance Code put focus on executive remuneration By Rob Collard The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has now published the 2018 Corporate Governance Code. Although the new Code looks very different in...
Jul 23, 2018 The enhanced equivalence conundrum... By Macfarlanes Financial services industry participants are increasingly focusing on the detail of what the UK Government's Chequers proposal, and the...
Jul 23, 2018 Brexit white paper - doubts already for financial services? By Macfarlanes The Financial Times reports that Michel Barnier, European Chief Negotiator for the UK Exiting the European Union, has rejected the UK’s...
Jul 23, 2018 Overage for the unwary By Mark Lawrence In yet another dispute about the payment of overage in a property transaction, the Court of Appeal recently ordered a property developer...
Jul 20, 2018 Brexit: Five key tax takeaways (looking past the turmoil) By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Looking past the turmoil of the past few days, it would be easy to discount the Brexit white paper (titled "The future relationship...
Jul 20, 2018 Acquisition of Northern Aerospace by Gardner Aerospace cleared By Macfarlanes Following the first Public Interest Intervention Notice issued under the new jurisdictional thresholds, which came into force on 11 June...
Jul 18, 2018 Delivering major infrastructure and construction projects By Mark Lawrence The Infrastructure and Projects Authority recently published its Annual Report on Major Projects 2017-18. A sizeable proportion of the...
Jul 17, 2018 Telecoms sector optimistic about new mergers - but is there any reason to be? By Sophie Chesterton The telecommunications industry has always been closely scrutinised by competition authorities. Telecommunications are an essential...
Jul 12, 2018 ESMA urges firms to prepare for the possibility of a hard Brexit By Macfarlanes The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today issued a statement urging firms to consider the timing for authorisation...
Jul 12, 2018 MiFID II implementation - taking stock By Macfarlanes Steven Maijoor, Chair of ESMA, delivered a keynote address at the FESE Convention 2018 in Vienna on 21 June. His speech focused on the...
Jul 11, 2018 Brexit and financial services: Barnier suggests the UK might be treated like the US By Macfarlanes Michel Barnier, the EU's Chief Brexit Negotiator, has delivered a speech to the European American Chamber of Commerce, outlining his...