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Getting it done: the UK's March 2020 Budget Whilst the Budget was dominated by the announcement of a multi-billion pound economic stimulus to deal with the economic impact of Covid-19, a whole range of other spending and tax measures (some with immediate effect and others subject to...
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - March 2020 Developments covered in this month’s edition include: Transition from EONIA to €STR - ECB publishes working group report on the transfer of liquidity for cash and derivatives products Climate change and the financial sector -...
Employment Bulletin - March 2020 Topics covered in this bulletin: Dismissal was unfair because dismissing officer was not told of key fact Inaccurate rebuttal of whistleblowing allegations was a detriment but employer’s motive was damage limitation Dismissal of employee with...
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter On 19 February 2020 the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Micula and others v Romania. The judgment is the latest installment in the ongoing attempt by brothers Viorel and Ioan Micula to enforce an investment arbitration award made in their...
European Commission Unveils Bold European Approach to AI Regulation In this briefing we consider the proposals set out in the European Commission's White Paper “Artificial Intelligence - A European approach to excellence and trust”. The European Commission has published a White Paper entitled &ldquo...
Incentives Bulletin - February 2020 Topics covered in this bulletin: Draft legislation: the loan charge review Revised guidance notes on terms of reference for audit, remuneration, and nomination committees MLD5 and the Trust Registration Service HMRC Employment Related Securities...
SFC Enforcement Trends As we welcome the year of the rat, it is useful to review the enforcement activities of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in the past year, as well as project the upcoming focuses and priorities of the SFC. The SFC concluded a number of high...
International tax reform could increase global tax revenues by up to 4% While discussions continue on the design and technical detail of international tax reform under Pillars One and Two, the OECD Secretariat has the difficult task of modelling the impact of the changes.  At the OECD’s webcast on 13 February, the...
Tax and the City Review for February 2020 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews look at the government’s post-Brexit ambitions for the financial services sector and at HMRC’s further guidance on the hybrid capital instruments rules and their statistics on DPT receipts. They also consider the UT...
Competition Law in the Digital Age Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is a quarterly publication intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format. This edition covers the interim report from the UK competition authority on online...