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Overseas Funds Regime: "live" but not yet kicking
By Lora Froud, Dominic Buxton, Gavin Haran
The Government has made and published Regulations that brought the Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) into effect from 23 February 2022. This is...
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Next steps for UK funds regime review
By Rhiannon Kinghall Were
On 10 February 2022 HMT published its formal response to its review of the UK funds regime and set out a series of actions it is planning...
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ESMA’s briefing on tied agents: UK managers in the firing line?
By Andrew Henderson, Gavin Haran
ESMA’s supervisory briefing on supervisory expectations in relation to firms using tied agents in the MiFID II framework will be...
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Asset valuation: EU managers under scrutiny
By Sandeesh Shah
ESMA has announced that it is launching its third common supervisory action (CSA) on the EU asset management sector, this time focusing...
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FCA tackles the "Wild West" of high-risk investments
By Gavin Haran, Andrew Henderson
The FCA has published a consultation that proposes to reform its financial promotion rules. The changes relate to "high-risk...
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Marketing cryptoassets: HMT and the FCA weigh in
By Andrew Henderson
On 18 January 2022, HM Treasury (HMT) published its response to its July 2020 consultation paper on cryptoasset promotions. This was...
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EU proposes delay to mandatory buy-in regime; settlement fails reporting and cash penalties unaffected
By Rob Daniell, Edward Karsten, Kartik Iyer
In a much-anticipated move, EU co-legislators have proposed an amendment to the Central Securities Depositaries Regulation (CSDR) to...
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Private equity, public costs
By Christopher Good
“Big change is coming”, wrote Elizabeth Warren when Gary Gensler was nominated by President Biden to be the next chair of the Securities...
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Christmas comes early for clearing – UK CCP temporary equivalence to be extended
By Edward Karsten, Rob Daniell, Christine Long
Pursuant to a statement published yesterday, Mairead McGuinness, European commissioner for financial services announced an extension to...
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ESG in action in defence outsourcing and supply chains - and what's next?
By Mark Lewis
This blog was prompted by an intriguing report published on 6 November in The Telegraph: UK FTSE 250 outsourcer/service provider has...
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UK plans appointed representative review
By Alexandra Green
Following on in short succession from the FCA’s Host ACD review, the FCA’s freshly published November 2021 Regulatory Initiatives Grid...
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FCA publishes Long Term Asset Fund final rules
By Lora Froud, Gavin Haran
The FCA has published its final rules for the Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF). The LTAF is a new authorised fund vehicle that aims to make it...
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Official Working Group encourages pension savers to invest in long term assets
By Lora Froud, Gavin Haran
The Productive Finance Working Group has published its recommendations to UK policymakers to remove barriers to investment by retirement...
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Labour announces plans to tax carried interest as income
By Lawrence Parkin
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that Labour, if the party wins the next general election, will target the carried interest...
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Legislating for the LIBOR transition: synthetic LIBOR for tough legacy contracts
By Jamie Macpherson, Tim Plews
With less than four months to go before the FCA turns off the supply of daily LIBOR (in its well-used form) for most of the 35...
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The missing cornerstone in sustainable finance: investee company ESG reporting
By Lora Froud, Tiffany Cox, Gavin Haran
The rush to regulate financial markets to produce ESG outcomes has brought focus to a problem: in the absence of good quality ESG data...
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