Jan 31, 2020 More focus on UCITS liquidity risk management By Tiffany Cox The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a press release yesterday (30 January 2020) announcing the launch of a...
Jan 30, 2020 Brexit tax: VAT – The final countdown By Charishma Bhujohory The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill received royal assent on Friday 24 January 2020 and yesterday the European Parliament...
Jan 29, 2020 Inheritance tax reforms - a complete rewrite? By Edward Reed Radical reforms to inheritance tax (IHT) in the UK have been proposed by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Inheritance and...
Jan 29, 2020 The UK government is advised to liberalise post-Brexit immigration policy to attract global talent By Edward Reed The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), an independent panel of economists and academics that advises the UK government on immigration...
Jan 28, 2020 The Magnificent Seven? The SFO agrees in principle to a DPA with Airbus By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs It is being reported that Airbus has agreed in principle to a deal with regulators in the UK, US and France to end long-running...
Jan 28, 2020 Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) gets a makeover By Macfarlanes For his first concrete change to the UK immigration system, the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced that the Tier 1 (Exceptional...
Jan 24, 2020 Real intelligence on artificial intelligence By Mark Cusack The European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution which will require the European Commission to answer questions relating to...
Jan 23, 2020 European Commission faces off against facial recognition technology By Mark Cusack Following the leak of a draft European Commission white paper, it has been reported that the Commission is considering implementing a...
Jan 23, 2020 ESMA consults on securitisation repository data guidelines By Kartik Iyer Richard Fletcher Pursuant to Article 4(2)(d) of the draft Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, securitisation...
Jan 22, 2020 Association of Real Estate Funds: 20:20 Vision By Georgia Krell The Association of Real Estate Funds held its first seminar in the new decade on its outlook for the London/UK real estate market. Some...
Jan 21, 2020 Get with the programme: the SFO releases new guidance on compliance programmes By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has released new guidance on its website – as part of its Operational Handbook – setting out key...
Jan 21, 2020 VAT recovery for UK private equity funds By Chris Mortimer In the recent case of Melford Capital General Partner Ltd, a UK private equity fund was found by the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) to be...
Jan 17, 2020 Accelerating LIBOR transition By Timothy Bromley-White The Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates (the Working Group), the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority have...
Jan 17, 2020 New Year, new resolutions for senior exec training and development as the FCA issues its first fine against a PDMR for failure to report dealings under MAR By Dan Lavender We consider the implications of the Market Abuse Regulations (MAR) for senior executives in PLCs, following the FCA’s fine of a...
Jan 13, 2020 Brexit tax: watch out for withholding tax By Rhiannon Kinghall Were With “Brexit day” now looking set for 31 January 2020, we will publish a series of blog posts by way of a reminder of the most...
Jan 08, 2020 Control and influencers: ASA bans Love Island star Molly Mae Hague’s Instagram post By Macfarlanes In the week before Love Island fever looks set to sweep the nation once more, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an...