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HMRC’s commitments to building and maintaining public trust in tax administration HMRC has powers to ensure everyone “pays their fair share of taxes” and in some cases, particularly where the powers tackle fraud, evasion and complex tax avoidance, these powers can be far-reaching.  It is important for maintaining and...
Brexit has happened – so what’s next for securitisations? The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU that has applied since then does not deal with the regulatory detail of cross-border financing transactions. Accordingly, in the context of securitisations, the EU Securitisation Regulation...
Climate risk and the Pension Schemes Act Subject to approval by Parliament, detailed new requirements for trustees of larger occupational pension schemes to manage, and disclose their approach to, climate-related risks and opportunities, will come into force in October 2021.
Investigations and Enforcement Outlook 2021: Financial Institutions In the second podcast of the series, Jan Putnis, Ewan Brown and Ella Williams discuss the outlook for financial institutions enforcement in 2021. In particular they focus on the expected areas of increased activity for the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority...
Employment Bulletin - February 2021 Equitable duty of confidence; incorrect comparison when considering discriminatory impact of policy; Engaging in grievance procedure was not affirmation by employee; sufficient connection with GB
Long COVID - implications for employers This briefing, based on an article first published by Slaughter and May for the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) Briefing, considers whether and when long COVID could amount to a disability under EqA 2010, and what this means for employers.
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - February 2021 Development's in this month's edition include:
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (27 January - 9 February 2021) European Commission fines gaming companies for geo-blocking practices
Regulating Digital – Can privacy laws enhance digital innovation? In our third and final podcast Natalie Donovan interviews Rob Sumroy and Duncan Blaikie about whether our current privacy rules are fit-for-purpose in an increasingly digital age, whether the ICO is doing enough to encourage innovation in the digital...
Private Enforcement of Competition Law in the UK Our guide to ‘Private Enforcement of Competition Law in the UK’ examines the key aspects of competition litigation before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and the High Court of England and Wales. It has been recently updated, in particular...
Merricks v Mastercard and the future of collective actions in the UK In this podcast Camilla Sanger, Damian Taylor and Tim Blanchard discuss the UK Supreme Court’s much-anticipated judgment in Merricks v Mastercard and its wider implications. The judgment is one of the most important commercial judgments of 2020 and...
Hong Kong Private Equity - 0% tax rate for carried interest On 29 January 2021, the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Tax Concessions for Carried Interest) Bill 2021 was gazetted. The Bill introduces a concessionary 0% tax rate for ‘carried interest’ paid by eligible private equity (PE) funds operating in...
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - January 2021 Development's in this month's edition include:
Brexit has happened - so what next for Debt Capital Markets? One month ago, at 11:00 pm on New Year’s Eve, the Brexit implementation period ended and the UK left the EU single market. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU that has applied since then does not deal with the regulatory detail...
Brexit has happened - so what next for Debt Capital Markets? One month ago, at 11:00 pm on New Year’s Eve, the Brexit implementation period ended and the UK left the EU single market. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU that has applied since then does not deal with the regulatory...