Given the Easter break and the continuing focus on Brexit, it was easy to miss the fact that the European Commission has released a...
HM Treasury has recently published a consultation paper in which it proposes to implement the fifth money laundering directive (5MLD) in...
A new power introduced by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) has recently been used for the first time by UK authorities: Account...
That artificial intelligence should be deployed and developed within robust ethical frameworks has become a truth almost universally...
Transparency is the order of the day. We already have a public register of people who own or control UK companies and in 2021 there will...
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The protests led by the Extinction Rebellion climate change activists in London this week hit headlines at the same time as an open...
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Last week the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a second "Dear CEO" letter relating to financial promotions. This letter...
The Institutional Limited Partner Association (ILPA) has published recommendations for how “GP-led fund restructurings” should be...
The recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (UT) in Ritchie v HMRC [2019] UKUT 71 (TCC) concerned discovery assessments raised in 2013 in...
Lisa Osofsky, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), has confirmed that the SFO will issue new guidance in the near future to...
Real estate is no stranger to the proliferation of “–techs” that have entered the economy amid the rapid acceleration of digital...
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At the CREFC "Financing Hotels in Europe" panel discussion on Friday 29 March, lenders and investors discussed their preferences for the...
New applications of blockchain technology continue to proliferate the news cycle. Among the latest sectors to enter the cryptocurrency...
The European Parliament adopted the recommendations in the report of its special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax...
With immediate effect from Monday 1 April 2019, new FCA rules have more than doubled the maximum amount which the Financial Ombudsman...