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Pensions Bulletin - April 2020 COVID-19; Funding and Investment; Regulatory easements; Job Retention Scheme; DB Transfers; Pension Schemes Bill; GMP Data Rectification; Brexit Transition Period
Practical tips for mitigating the risk of supplier insolvency in commercial contracts A short briefing identifying some of the key considerations and practical remedies that can help mitigate the risk of supplier insolvency in commercial contracts.
Incentives Bulletin - April 2020 Budget; consultation on EMI schemes; annual capital gains tax allowance; COVID-19; IR35 reforms; interest on employment-related loans; “loan charge” review
Hong Kong Uncertificated Securities Market Explained This update examines the latest proposals for implementing an uncertificated securities market in Hong Kong following the publication of an April 2020 conclusions paper.
Disclosure of rights attached to listed securities This briefing summarises the new requirement on issuers to disclose the rights and restrictions attached to their listed securities.
HMRC Preferential Creditor Status – Measure Delayed, for Now The Finance Bill 2020, which is currently scheduled for further debate by the UK Parliament from 27 April 2020, includes provisions to grant HMRC secondary preferential creditor status for certain taxes due from an insolvent business.
Hong Kong: Duties of directors when companies start to experience financial distress Offers practical steps that directors should consider taking for companies suffering from a sharp decline in revenues and on the brink of insolvency
Tapping your shareholders: rights issues best practice Best practice for rights issues and other equity raises as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: What charities should consider in the COVID-19 pandemic Charities: What to consider in the current environment including UK Government support in response to COVID-19
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter European Commission publishes Temporary Framework for assessing antitrust issues related to business cooperation in response to Covid-19
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Compensation for Employer Pension Contributions COVID-19; CJRS; Compensation for employer pension contributions; calculation of employer pension compensation; salary sacrifice arrangements; amending DC arrangements
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – HMRC guidance updated (again) HMRC issued a further revised version of their guidance for employers and employees on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
Conglomerates beware: Parent company implicated for subsidiary’s role in booksellers cartel Client briefing regarding the Hong Kong Competition Commission’s enforcement action against an alleged textbook cartel (action brought on 20 March 2020)
COVID-19: Remote or Virtual Signings This briefing covers the issues for parties executing documents in light of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Treasury Direction issued The Treasury has published the legal framework for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).