27 Feb, 2020 FCA updates net short position notification process By Carrie Gothard The FCA has changed the process by which firms must report their net short positions in UK-listed shares or sovereign debt which are...
24 Feb, 2020 Greening finance or financing green in the real estate industry By Elizabeth Fielding The City Property Association (CPA) brought together a knowledgeable panel to discuss the evolution of green finance over the last 12...
14 Feb, 2020 HMRC announces more investigations into the “failure to prevent” tax evasion offence By Max Hobbs HMRC has released an update on its investigations of the relatively new corporate criminal offence (CCO) of failure to prevent the...
12 Feb, 2020 London Property Alliance reports on 2020 market prospects By Gwen Llewelyn Atkinson The State of the Market Seminar held by the London Property Alliance on Friday provided a timely opportunity to reflect on the real...
11 Feb, 2020 High Court distinguishes Prudential/Rothesay in approving Part VII transfer, suggesting limited appetite for interventionist approach By Andrew Barton The decision in Prudential/Rothesay last year, in which the judge rejected the proposed Part VII transfer of c.£12.9bn in annuity...
11 Feb, 2020 Surveyor conflicts of interest - RICS crackdown to come By Christine Dowdall-Platt Following recent scrutiny of the audit sector (due to widespread criticisms after various high-profile corporate failures, including the...
11 Feb, 2020 Contradictory sanctions regimes leave companies confused and exposed By Francis Bond A special report by the Financial Times has investigated the tensions faced by companies struggling to navigate overlapping and sometimes...
10 Feb, 2020 Fine by me: could a small sanction for a breach of the SFO’s Section 2 Notice fail to deter non-compliance? By Max Hobbs At the end of January 2020, the UK courts convicted an individual of failing to comply with the terms of a “Section 2 Notice” issued...
07 Feb, 2020 ESMA publishes final report on aligning MiFIR and EMIR Refit By Edward Karsten The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published a final report suggesting amendments to the derivatives trading...
06 Feb, 2020 Explain yourself: the Court of Appeal rejects the challenge to the first UWO By Max Hobbs The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal against the first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) issued in the UK, potentially paving the...