Feb 28, 2019 2018: a year of shareholder rebellion By Richard Burrows The Investment Association (IA) launched its Public Register in December 2017 to track companies who experience significant dissenting...
Feb 28, 2019 UK Competition Authority shifts its focus to consumer protection and requests greater powers By Gina Sternberg The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a letter outlining its proposals for radical legislative and institutional...
Feb 27, 2019 Brexit - what next for the construction industry? By Angus Dawson With 29 March coming towards us at pace and no current sign of the Prime Minister securing a deal acceptable to both the EU and...
Feb 27, 2019 The future of retail in the City By Rachael Ashton Margaret Rhodes On Tuesday, the City Property Association’s NextGen network held a panel discussion on the future of retail in the Square Mile. Trends in...
Feb 25, 2019 Serious Fraud Office drops two major bribery investigations By Neill Blundell The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped its investigations into individuals at Rolls Royce PLC and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The decision...
Feb 22, 2019 Bank fails in attempt to exclude "Quincecare" duty By Barry Donnelly Yesterday, the Commercial Court rejected a bank's application to strike out its customer's $1bn claim based on a "Quincecare" duty of...
Feb 20, 2019 Investment Association issues fund communication guidance By Katie Bartlett Alexandra Cochrane The Investment Association (IA) has published its final guidance on the clarity of language in fund documentation for UK authorised...
Feb 19, 2019 Taxing digital and beyond: the dawn of BEPS v2.0 By Rhiannon Kinghall Were The OECD has published a public consultation on several proposals seeking consensus on how to tackle the challenges arising from the...
Feb 19, 2019 Putting the break on state aid tax cases By Macfarlanes On 14 February 2019, the General Court of the European Union’s decision put a brake on the European Commission by annulling its decision...
Feb 18, 2019 Rock, paper, scissors: UK court prevents disclosure of documents to comply with a US subpoena By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs In a judgment on 12 February 2019, Mr Justice Hildyard ruled in the High Court that a company was not permitted to deliver documents that...
Feb 18, 2019 European Commission includes Saudi Arabia on dirty money blacklist By Neill Blundell Francis Bond The European Commission has adopted a controversial anti-money laundering “blacklist” of 23 countries amidst a political tug of war over...
Feb 15, 2019 Cairncross Review recommends CMA investigation into competition in online advertising By Macfarlanes On Tuesday of this week, the Cairncross Review into a sustainable future for journalism was released. The Review highlights failures of...
Feb 15, 2019 Market abuse requires a dynamic response to a changing risk profile By Macfarlanes Some choice words from the FCA's Director of Market Oversight, Julia Hoggett, in a speech discussing market abuse. New technology will...
Feb 14, 2019 New Stamp Duty surcharge on residential property By Rhiannon Kinghall Were HMRC has published details of a proposed 1% Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) surcharge for residential property purchases by non-UK residents....
Feb 08, 2019 A spate of developments but new securitisation disclosure requirements still lack clarity By Richard Fletcher Background On 1 January 2019, a new framework for European securitisations took effect under the EU Securitisation Regulation. As part of...
Feb 08, 2019 Show me the money: the NCA uses its new account freezing orders to seize significant criminal funds By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The National Crime Agency (NCA) announced yesterday that it has used its new powers of account freezing orders (AFOs) to make an...