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Pensions Essentials - May 2024
Last but not least: consultation involvement key to avoiding regulatory divergence in public and private securitisations In this In Practice article Kate Patane considers the growing divergence between EU and UK reporting obligations in public and private securitisations and how detailed feedback can drive internal “change management” processes and encourage the...
BLOG: Tax Disputes Podcast: France I’m sad to say we have reached the end of our round the world Tax Disputes podcast series but we are going out in style with a trip to Paris for a stimulating conversation between myself, my colleague, tax partner Charles Osborne and Julien Gayral, tax...
What to do about the EU AI Act? In this podcast, Laura Houston and Jordan Ellison discussed the changing tech environment, particularly around AI, and its effect on the legal landscape. As part of their conversation, they discussed the new EU AI Act which will soon become law,...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 23 May 2024 Includes developments in relation to: SDR; AI risks; NBFIs; SME finance; Mastercard and Visa fees; PRA supervision of insurance branches; APP fraud; FOS charging powers; and FCA enforcement.
Drafting for extension options - The LMA extends a hand In this briefing, Matthew Tobin, Ed Fife, Kathrine Meloni and Latifah Mohamed provide an overview of the LMA’s new drafting for extension options and consider a few key points for borrowers to keep in mind when looking to incorporate an extension...
BLOG: Challenging dawn raids in the UK HMRC raided the London offices of a global financial brokerage business and the home of a former employee on 28 September 2022, following requests for assistance from Germany and Denmark for criminal investigations in respect of cum-ex trades. The...
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission designates Booking as a gatekeeper under DMA and opens market investigation into X On 13 May 2024, the European Commission announced that it has designated Booking as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act, for its online intermediation service Booking.com. The Commission has also opened a market investigation to assess whether X...
BLOG: Tax Disputes Podcast – Nigeria Our “trip” through tax disputes landscapes around the world is sadly nearing its end (and by “trip”, I mean a six-part podcast series on tax disputes in G20 countries across six continents). This stop in Nigeria marks the penultimate episode in the series...
Tax and the City Review - May 2024 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews discuss: the Court of Appeal’s decisions in BlackRock (unallowable purpose and transfer pricing) and in Hargreaves Property (withholding tax on interest); changes to HMRC’s stamp taxes on shares guidance on the...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 16 May 2024 Includes developments in relation to: financial data access; UK sustainability reporting standards; Sexism in the City; Consumer Duty; cryptoassets; digitalisation in finance; CRR; MREL; solvent exit planning; ESG terminology; equivalence decisions; SDR;...
ISDA's Notices Hub: A solution for delivery of critical notices - a buy-side perspective Many market participants will have received the recent letter from ISDA asking for industry support for the ISDA Notices Hub – a project which aims to go a step further than re-thinking the delivery of notice provisions in the ISDA Master Agreement and,...
Getting Ready Series: International Sustainability Standards Board Standards Our Sustainability team has been exploring upcoming ESG regulatory developments, helping companies to grapple the sheer volume of reporting disclosures across the UK, EU and globally. We explore the 'What,' 'When,' 'Who,' and 'Why' of the International...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 16 May 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
Employment Bulletin - May 2024 Topics covered in this bulletin: Dismissal and re-engagement: protective award uplift High Court considers whether non-solicitation and commission provisions were in restraint of trade Creation of new role with reduced responsibilities was breach of...