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Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: Sustainability issues in merger review The treatment of sustainability issues in merger review is an increasingly hot topic. This interest is reflected in the September edition of the Competition Merger Brief, which notes that sustainability considerations are an increasingly relevant and impo... Hong Kong Spin-Off Listings: Key Considerations This publication highlights the key considerations for businesses contemplating a Hong Kong spin-off listing. Introduction This publication highlights the key considerations for businesses contemplating a Hong Kong spin-off listing. Spin-off listing re... Carve-outs: maximising value   Carve-outs have become ever more popular in recent years, as market players seek different ways to raise or return cash, maximise shareholder / fundholder value, optimise a company’s operations or change the strategic direction of a group. While t... Planning for RPI reform Reform of the Retail Prices Index (“RPI”) may expose issuers of, and investors in, RPI-linked securities to the risk of uncertainty in determining the applicable inflation rate for those securities after 2030. This will be particularly relevant for financ... Solvency UK - Reforms to the matching adjustment On 28 September the PRA published a consultation (CP19/23) on proposed reforms to the matching adjustment (MA). These follow on from the publications in June of draft statutory instruments by HMT and a PRA consultation on other aspects of Solvency II refo... Competition Law in the Digital Age - October 2023 Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format. This edition covers the ECJ's GDPR ruling, the German Lieferando probe, the French cloud market study,... Pensions Bulletin - September 2023 Climate scenario analysis; investment disclosure; Pension Protection Fund 2024/25 levy; extension of auto-enrolment; Pension Protection Fund compensation; equality legislation; Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures In this month’s Pensi... BLOG: Where are you on Pillar Two? Advisers and businesses would be wise not to hold out for finality and certainty before engaging with these highly complex and evolving rules. The first instalment of the UK legislation to implement Pillar Two was enacted in July as Part 3 (multinational ... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: CMA issues report and guiding principles following initial review of AI foundation models On 18 September 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority published a report setting out its findings following its initial review of AI foundation models. The report reflects the CMA’s early thinking on the impact of AI foundation models on UK... Supreme Court clarifies scope of the Quincecare duty of care In its long-awaited decision Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc [2023] UKSC 25, the Supreme Court provided some much-needed clarity on the scope of the Quincecare duty of care (the “Quincecare Duty”), by confirming that it does not apply to cases ...