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Embracing Proactive Enforcement: Hong Kong Competition Enforcement Gains Pace The Hong Kong Competition Commission has shown that it is able to initiate its own high-profile cases, move quickly in its investigations, and wrap up cases successfully. In this briefing, we take a look at the highlights from the Commission’s activities ... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – January 2024 Developments in this month's edition include: Managing climate-related financial stability risks – ECB and ESRB publish joint report ESAs launch consultation on second batch of policy mandates under DORA SSM – SREP results, supervisor... UK Energy and Infrastructure: Reviewing 2023 and what's to come in 2024 In 2023, the UK energy and infrastructure sectors saw a series of significant market and regulatory developments, including the Powering Up Britain package and the passing of the long-awaited Energy Act 2023. With macro-economic challenges expected to con... Listing Regime Reforms: FCA publishes further details of changes and timing Further details of reforms to the listing regime that will take effect later in 2024 were published by the FCA in late December. The long-awaited changes represent the most far-reaching reforms of the listing regime for two decades. This briefing highligh... EPO gets its priorities straight: A clearing-up of the right of priority and underlying rights in patent applications A few days after the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the European Patent Convention (“EPC”), the Enlarged Board of Appeal (“EBA”) of the European Patent Office (“EPO”) handed down some long-awaited clarification ... Seeds of change: Loan financing in 2024 This briefing considers the near-term outlook for the loan market in terms of funding and liquidity, our views on whether the sustainability-linked loan market will return to growth, plus an indication of some other themes and topics that we expect to col... Insurance Outlook 2024 In this briefing we look ahead to some of the key themes likely to affect the insurance sector in 2024.   In this briefing we look ahead to some of the key themes likely to affect the insurance sector in 2024. 2024 – ... Court of Justice issues landmark judgments for sports governance On 21 December 2023, the European Court of Justice handed down three watershed judgments for sports governance and international sports competitions. The Court held that certain rules set by sports governing bodies including FIFA, UEFA, and the Internatio... EU AI Act - Political Agreement reached After months of fierce debate, political agreement was finally reached on the EU’s landmark AI Act on 8th December 2023. Ursula von der Leyen described it as “the first-ever comprehensive legal framework on Artificial Intelligence worldwide” and it is tru... Financial Regulation group's banking and investment services column for Practical Law - December 2023 Our December 2023 column for Practical Law Financial Services subscribers on topical developments in the banking and investment services sector. Nick Bonsall, Selmin Hakki and Emily Bradley, from the Financial Regulation group, publish their latest colum...