Dec 23, 2019 Hit for six: the SFO obtains a sixth DPA By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced its sixth Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA), entered into with Güralp Systems Limited...
Dec 20, 2019 ESMA provides updated XML schema and reporting instructions for securitisation reporting By Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher ESMA has today published updated reporting instructions and the XML schema for templates set out in the technical standards on disclosure...
Dec 20, 2019 Brexit Tax: the Withdrawal Agreement Bill By Ashley Greenbank The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill had its much-heralded second reading today (20 December). The Bill is in substantially the...
Dec 20, 2019 OECD tax proposal gathers pace, but many unanswered questions By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Last week (9 December) the OECD held a public consultation on the proposal to introduce a Global Anti-Base Erosion (Globe) rule, a rule...
Dec 20, 2019 Stop! Thief..? Confidential information, theft and the protection of trade secrets By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs An increasing number of companies are becoming victims of rogue employees who attempt to take advantage of unauthorised access to...
Dec 19, 2019 New UK government signals major, if not radical, immigration reforms from 2021 By Tom Marsom Following the success of the Conservative Party in the UK’s General Election of 12 December 2019, we consider how immigration is affected...
Dec 17, 2019 CFOs going retro for Christmas this year? By Jatinder Bains Consistent with the trend for items which remind us of our youth to be beneath the Christmas tree these days (here’s hoping for the Sega...
Dec 16, 2019 Proposed updates to the margin regulatory technical standards By Carrie Gothard The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published a final report on the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) for the risk...
Dec 13, 2019 No need to explain: The Court of Appeal hears a challenge to the first UWOs By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The wife of the former chairman of the international bank of Azerbaijan has been in the Court of Appeal challenging the unexplained...
Dec 12, 2019 FCA slams the door, but has the mini-bond horse already bolted? By Simon Beale The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it plans to use emergency powers to restrict the promotion of speculative...
Dec 11, 2019 ELTIF cost disclosures – ESMA defers publication of final rules By Samuel Brooks With fewer than ten successful European long-term investment fund (ELTIF) launches since the ELTIF regime was established in 2015, it is...
Dec 09, 2019 A "mutuality of obligation" remains assumed in the updated HMRC CEST tool By Philip Swinburn Last week HMRC updated the CEST tool; an online tool used to determine whether HMRC will treat individuals as employed or self-employed...
Dec 05, 2019 ESMA publishes guidance note on registering securitisation repositories By Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher Under Regulation (EU) No 2017/2402 (the Securitisation Regulation), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has direct...
Dec 05, 2019 FCA publishes guidance on "greenwashing" By Macfarlanes The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently published a feedback statement on climate change. The FCA's proposals focus on two areas:...
Dec 04, 2019 Outsourcing: The trend towards outsourced solutions By Joy Davey Last Thursday, BNP Paribas held its fund management industry conference. The trend towards front, middle and back office outsourcings was...
Dec 03, 2019 EU Commission adopts draft RTS on securitisation repositories By Edward Karsten Richard Fletcher Regulation (EU) No 2017/2402 (the Securitisation Regulation) mandates the European Securities and Markets Authority to develop draft...