As noted in our SFTR reporting update for buy-side firms, one of the obligations under SFTR is the need to report certain historic SFTs...
Recent focus of market participants in the debt markets has rightly been on both the immediate liquidity issues faced by businesses in...
ISDA has submitted a letter on behalf of 21 industry associations and their members requesting a delay to further initial margin (IM)...
Lockdown and social distancing restrictions in the UK and elsewhere have made it significantly more difficult for businesses to execute...
Although it feels like a lifetime ago, it was only last month that the EU added the Cayman Islands to its "blacklist" of non-cooperative...
Leading figures at the United Nations have called on member states to ease their sanctions regimes in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis....
Virtual case management conference: how it worked in practice Earlier this week, Macfarlanes held a virtual full day case management...
Covid-19 has proven an extraordinary challenge to the health of people globally. Governments have imposed travel restrictions, both...
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Earlier this month we published a briefing following the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) statement on Covid-19 preparedness. We noted...
Yesterday (19 March 2020), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a set of expectations for general (non-life) insurance firms...
The 2002 Distance Marketing Directive (DMD) wasn’t drafted with social isolation and Covid-19 in mind but it contains an exception to the...
Tax is complicated, and many tax-related questions have more than one potential answer. HMRC has today published a consultation on a...
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From 18 June 2020, the regulatory obligation under EMIR on certain types of fund to report derivative transactions to an approved trade...
The European Union has imposed instant restrictions on the export of personal protective equipment outside of its territory. Companies...
Last night the Chief Treasury Secretary announced that the long awaited Off-Payroll Worker (IR35) tax reforms would be delayed by one...
In last week's Government budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed that Crown preference would return but that this would be...