26 Mar, 2024 AIFMD II final text published in the EU's Official Journal By Samuel Brooks Michael Sholem Gavin Haran The final legislative text of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive II (AIFMD II) was published today in the EU’s Official...
22 Mar, 2024 Regulatory relief: UK government introduces legislation to reverse Supreme Court judgment in PACCAR on litigation funding agreements By Kirstie Hutchinson Malcolm Hitching Jamie Macpherson Finlay Leggat +1 more... Show less On 19 March 2024, the Government introduced draft legislation in the House of Lords, in the form of the Litigation Funding Agreements...
21 Mar, 2024 The peculiar case of the arbitration that never was – UK Court overturns enforcement order after finding the underlying award was fabricated By Chloe Edworthy Chris Akka What happens when someone tries to enforce an arbitral award when the arbitration never happened? This was the question the Commercial...
18 Mar, 2024 UK AIFMD reforms: further divergence from the EU and a potential relaxation to smaller full scope AIFM requirements By Harriet Miller Gavin Haran On 1 March 2024, the FCA published a letter to CEOs of asset managers and alternatives firms, outlining its supervisory and regulatory...
13 Mar, 2024 UK EMIR – draft Q&As on reporting By William Sykes Robert Daniell Edward Karsten Background The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) previously published Policy Statement (PS23/2) setting out...
07 Mar, 2024 FCA concludes its wholesale data market study By Emma Radcliffe Greg Dowell On 29 February 2024 the FCA published its final report on its market study into the supply of wholesale financial data in the UK. The...
06 Mar, 2024 Anti-financial crime controls: the FCA issues a call for action By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Helen Harvey The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote a letter on 5 March 2024 to the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of “Annex 1” firms. These are...
05 Mar, 2024 Major changes proposed for FCA enforcement regime By Laura Bridgewater Madeleine Brown The FCA has launched a consultation on changes to its enforcement regime. If enacted, this will be the biggest shake up of the...
04 Mar, 2024 New powers for Companies House By Lorna Emson Helen Harvey Lara Gardiner In an effort to fight economic crime and make it easier to hold corporates to account, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...