31 Oct, 2024 Autumn Budget 2024: delivering difficult decisions By Alison Dickie Laura Western In the first Budget delivered by the Labour Party since 2010 (and the first given by a female Chancellor since the role came into...
31 Oct, 2024 UK shareholder claims: no market reliance as English High Court strikes out passive investors’ claims By Emma Probyn Flavia Williams Tobias Messervy-Whiting On 25 October 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust & Ors v Barclays Plc, finding in favour...
31 Oct, 2024 Autumn Budget 2024 - what are the key points from a People & Reward perspective? By Dawn Heath David Mendel Jane Wolstenholme Anika Prasad +1 more... Show less Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, unveiled this year’s Autumn Budget. Announcing a package of reforms aiming to...
31 Oct, 2024 Penny for your thoughts? A US and UK take on incentivising financial crime reporting By Ben Morgan Eric Bruce Justin Simeone Alice Brindle +1 more... Show less On both sides of the Atlantic, law enforcement agencies are showing increasing interest in using incentivisation as a means to detect...
30 Oct, 2024 What’s in store for EU taxation policy in the 2024-2029 mandate? By Nikolaas Van Robbroeck Lea Bareil After being re-elected for a second mandate in July 2024, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has now announced the...
29 Oct, 2024 Government set to bring Buy-Now, Pay-Later firms under FCA regulation By Cyrus Pocha Christine Simpson Christopher Bernard Curran Snell +1 more... Show less On 17 October 2024, HM Treasury launched its third consultation on the proposed regulation of Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) credit...
29 Oct, 2024 FCA takes further steps to crackdown on “finfluencers” following issuing guidance regarding financial promotions on social media By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Abisha Bastian Georgia Onslow +1 more... Show less On 22 October 2024, the FCA announced that 20 social media “finfluencers” are being interviewed under caution under its criminal powers....
29 Oct, 2024 The FCA consults on changes to the safeguarding regime: what does it mean for payments and e-money firms? By Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Christopher Bernard Helena de Guise +1 more... Show less On 25 September 2024, the FCA published a consultation paper on proposed changes to the safeguarding regime for payments and e-money...
23 Oct, 2024 English High Court implies an alternative reference rate in post-LIBOR test case By Emma Probyn Duncan Kellaway Kevin Whibley Greg Garfield Sharon Grennan Ephraim Conteh +3 more... Show less The decision in Standard Chartered v Guaranty Nominees [2024] EWHC 2605 (Comm) considers how to interpret contractual provisions...
21 Oct, 2024 Out of the shadows: the growing regulatory spotlight on private capital By Matthew O'Callaghan Nariné Atamian Theresa Kreft Greg King Rania Kim +2 more... Show less In recent months, there has been significant media coverage on the growing regulatory scrutiny of the private capital sector. In this...
21 Oct, 2024 The worldwide focus on operational resilience in financial services: what firms and service providers need to know By Claire Harrop Matthew O'Callaghan Nariné Atamian Daphne van der Houwen Christopher Bernard +2 more... Show less Regulators around the world have long been concerned about the operational resilience of banks and other financial institutions, and the...
18 Oct, 2024 The English Court of Appeal upholds dismissal of LME nickel crisis claims By Emma Probyn James Smethurst Harry White The English Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal of the High Court’s judgment in favour of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear,...