10/30/2025 4:54:15 PM Could 2026 be the year of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes? By Andrew Murphy Jane Wolstenholme Sohail Khan Collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes are a relatively new (in the UK at least) product which aims to offer a middle...
10/29/2025 12:09:42 PM Regulating for innovation: the Bank of England’s emerging technology blueprint for the UK financial system By Michael Raffan Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Sophia Doan +1 more... Show less On 15 October 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published a comprehensive paper outlining its approach to innovation in artificial...
10/29/2025 10:11:53 AM Europe 2.0 – Competitive and Autonomous: Key Insights from the CEE Finance Workshop By Victoria Bazil Florian Klimscha Stephan Pachinger Anouschka Zagorski Eva Schneider Maximilian Hohenauer Maximilian Ihra +4 more... Show less On 23 October 2025, the Freshfields Vienna team welcomed legal experts and financial leaders to its Vienna office for its 17th annual CEE...
10/28/2025 1:30:57 PM Beyond the Employment Rights Bill - unpacking upcoming trade union and industrial action reforms By Holly Insley Chantelle Nicholas Amy Rentell Rhianna Thornton-Reid Zak Mohamed +2 more... Show less The UK Employment Rights Bill (the ERB) has now reached the final parliamentary stages and is expected to receive Royal Assent this...
10/27/2025 11:16:41 AM Beyond the Employment Rights Bill – new consultations launched on family and bereavement rights By David Mendel Charles Smye Amy Rentell Sarah Richardson +1 more... Show less The UK government has launched two important consultations under the Employment Rights Bill (the ERB), inviting input from employers,...
10/23/2025 9:45:23 AM Spanish Courts order refund of withholding tax on dividends received by non-resident, loss-making companies By Maria Mera Álvaro Fernández Carmen Delgado The Spanish High Court and the Basque Country High Court recently issued two judgments in favour of Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd...
10/21/2025 8:58:30 AM Tokenising the future: FCA consults on progressing fund tokenisation By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Julia Robilliard-Smith Holly Alexander +1 more... Show less On 14 October 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper (CP25/28) setting out its proposals to facilitate the adoption of tokenisation...
10/21/2025 8:38:38 AM UK Defence Procurement: an imminent test for the Procurement Act 2023? By Kate Gough Robert Colvin Last week, the Defence Secretary, announced the appointment of Rupert Pearce as National Armaments Director (NAD) at the Ministry of...
10/20/2025 11:51:04 AM FCA refines Consumer Duty By Michael Raffan Elisabeth Overland Sophia Doan Lulu Valentine +1 more... Show less On 30 September 2025, the FCA released a series of important updates on the Consumer Duty: A letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
10/20/2025 8:48:25 AM Shaping Asia’s Infrastructure: Legal and Regulatory Drivers of Growth in Singapore and Hong Kong By Kim Rosenberg Robert Colvin Ann Matthias Dan Nguyen +1 more... Show less Asia is entering a new era of infrastructure and energy transformation. In 2025, the Asia-Pacific infrastructure market is estimated at...
10/17/2025 2:41:36 PM OFSI Publishes Annual Review 2024-25 By Simon Orton Lucy Clark Eleanor Turner On 15 October 2025, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published, alongside guidance on who is subject to financial...
10/16/2025 9:16:18 AM PRA and FCA announce changes to banker bonuses By Alice Greenwell Amy Rentell In November 2024, the PRA and FCA published a joint consultation proposing changes to the current senior banker remuneration regime for...