The European Commission has launched a consultation on the EU securitisation framework. The consultation covers the following issues:

• the...

EBA consults on risk retention

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a consultation on draft regulatory technical standards...

The temporary clearing exemption for pension scheme arrangements, set out in article 89(1) of EU EMIR (as amended by EMIR Refit), has been

The FCA has now provided its feedback on its first consultation papers on the new UK prudential regime for MiFID investment firms (IFPR)...

When finances become distressed, creditors examine all avenues to recover their debt which can result in any intercreditor agreements...

On Friday 4 June 2021 the Loan Market Association (LMA), European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) and Loan Syndications and Trading...

Section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and CPR 46.2 gives the Court the power to make third party costs orders against litigation...

A recent FT Alphaville article considers the state of play in the ongoing transition from LIBOR and usefully focuses on the market...

Sustainable finance which incorporates the environmental, social and governance criteria into investment decision making processes is...

The FT has reported that Ares have raised an €11bn fund.  According to Prequin this will be Europe’s largest fund of its type. In...

This morning’s FT article is a good reminder of the importance of the UK’s litigation funding industry.

The rapid evolution of the sector...

2021 has seen the rapid rise of ESG-linked financings in the leveraged loan market as has been commented on by the ELFA in its latest...

Covid-19 related amendments to the EU Securitisation Regulation

The European Parliament and the Council of the European adopted Regulation...

HMRC published its cryptoassets manual on 30 March 2021, which expands on and replaces previous guidance. For context, the first...

EU law – current law

EMIR, as amended by EMIR Refit, provides that certain pension scheme arrangements are temporarily exempt from the...

Yesterday the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) jointly issued a policy statement (PS) 6/21 with the Financial Conduct Authority and...