05 Mar, 2024 Major changes proposed for FCA enforcement regime By Laura Bridgewater Dan Lavender 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...
16 Feb, 2024 PRA unveils its new early settlement scheme – what might the likely impact be and should we expect similar for FCA Enforcement? By Laura Bridgewater Olivia Pearson Madeleine Brown The Bank of England (Bank) recently published its new policy statement, PS1/24 – The Bank of England's approach to enforcement, on the...
05 Feb, 2024 The Overseas Funds Regime: what does it mean for product value assessments? By Alexandra Green Lora Froud Gavin Haran On 30 January 2024, the Economic Secretary, Bim Afolami, announced that EEA UCITS are deemed equivalent to UK UCITS, in regulatory terms....
23 Jan, 2024 Non-financial misconduct – further warning shots fired By Dan Lavender Laura Bridgewater Madeleine Brown There were two interesting developments last week on the regulatory hot topic of non-financial misconduct. This is against the backdrop...
07 Dec, 2023 The FCA's Overseas Funds Regime consultation: what does it cover? By Lora Froud Tiffany Cox Emma Garnham Gavin Haran +1 more... Show less On 4 December 2023, the FCA published its consultation (CP23/26) on operationalising the Overseas Funds Regime ("OFR"). Significantly...
30 Nov, 2023 The evolution of core real estate By Nicole Mitchell One silver lining of lower transaction volumes and a slower capital raising environment is the opportunity to pause for thought and...
20 Nov, 2023 AIFMD II - Final compromise text published By Gavin Haran Samuel Brooks Michael Sholem Shang-Hsuen Koh +1 more... Show less The “final text” of the amending directive (AIFMD II) on the amendment of Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers...
19 Sep, 2023 SFDR 2.0: pivoting in the direction of UK SDR? By Lora Froud Tiffany Cox Emma Garnham Gavin Haran +1 more... Show less On 14 September 2023, the European Commission published a targeted consultation questionnaire to gather feedback prior to proposing...
06 Sep, 2023 Nutrient neutrality, we hardly knew ye By Henry Vane Before they tip their hard hats to the housing secretary, who last week announced plans to abolish unpopular nutrient neutrality (NN)...
15 Aug, 2023 Latest round of fines for financial institutions for personal communications record keeping failures By Lorna Emson Madeleine Brown Helen Carter The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have issued a further round of fines to...
26 Jul, 2023 Greenwashing to greenhushing - key takeaways By Rachel Richardson Tiffany Cox Praveen Gopalan Emily Batchelor +1 more... Show less As part of the Net Zero Lawyer’s Alliance's (NZLA) programme for London Climate Action Week, Macfarlanes held a panel session titled...
03 Jul, 2023 LTAF now accessible to retail investors By Gavin Haran Lora Froud Emma Garnham Tiffany Cox +1 more... Show less On 29th June, the FCA published its Policy Statement and Handbook rules (PS23/7) on "broadening retail and pensions access to the LTAF" ....
08 Jun, 2023 FCA plans response to dissatisfaction of whistleblowers By Helen Carter Daniel Fisher Madeleine Brown In May, the FCA published its findings from a qualitative assessment survey it conducted back in January 2022 to explore the experiences...
17 May, 2023 Enforcement crackdown on use of unauthorised communication channels continues By Lorna Emson Helen Carter Madeleine Brown invAs we wrote about in more detail in our recent article, employee use of personal communications channels for work purposes has become...
03 Mar, 2022 Corporate sustainability due diligence directive: the European Commission’s proposal By Shailen Patel Last week, the EU set out its proposal for a new Directive on corporate due diligence to enhance the regulatory framework on sustainable...
01 Mar, 2022 Overseas Funds Regime: "live" but not yet kicking By Lora Froud Gavin Haran The Government has made and published Regulations that brought the Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) into effect from 23 February 2022. This is...