25 Jul, 2024 New Government, same special resolution enhancements – Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill introduced in Parliament By Michael Raffan Fran Kaehr Tey Khoo We have previously written about HM Treasury’s January 2024 consultation on “Enhancing the UK special resolution regime”, which proposed...
27 Jun, 2024 ESG around the world: The evolving regulatory landscape for financial services firms By Douglas Bryden Janina Heinz Alison Hashmall Matthew O'Callaghan Elisabeth Overland Emily Smith Christopher Bernard Cameron MacDonald +5 more... Show less Financial services regulators around the world recognise the threat of sustainability change to financial stability and the role of...
08 Jun, 2024 The European AML package – what’s in it for the crypto industry? By Janina Heinz Jan Struckmann Daniel Klingenbrunn Crypto-assets are associated with many benefits: Instantaneous settlements of transactions, a decentralisation of financial services and...
23 May, 2024 Not operating by the length of his foot: UK Court of Appeal further considers the role and remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) By Christopher Robinson Lucy Clark The Court of Appeal has again considered the judicial review of a FOS decision, following its recent decision in R (Assurant General...
22 May, 2024 The PRA’s thematic review of private equity related financing activities in the UK By Claire Harrop Greg King Jay Sarker Late last month, the PRA published a Dear CRO letter which sets out the main findings of its thematic review into UK regulated banks’...
13 May, 2024 Update: The EU keeps the ball rolling in its battle against money laundering – next on the agenda: professional football By Jan Struckmann Marcel Michaelis Mathis Schwarze Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During...
03 May, 2024 The Digital Securities Sandbox: a new model for trading and settlement in the UK? By James Smethurst Christopher Bernard Olivia Davies On 3 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper setting out their...
24 Apr, 2024 From PSD2 to PSD3 and PSR – European Parliament sets out its vision on the future of payments By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Alicia Hildner +2 more... Show less The payments landscape has undergone significant changes over the past decade, changes driven by fast-paced technological advancements...
22 Apr, 2024 Freshfields sponsors TheCityUK International Conference and co-writes report on measuring competitiveness of UK financial regulators By Lloyd Rees Claire Harrop Emma Rachmaninov Christopher Bernard +1 more... Show less Freshfields sponsors TheCityUK International Conference and co-writes a report on “Advancing international competitiveness and economic...
08 Apr, 2024 High Court hands down its first judgment on the Quincecare duty since Philipp By Christine Simpson Sarah Robinson Qifei Zou The High Court’s recent judgment in CCP Graduate School Ltd v National Westminster Bank, [2024] EWHC 581 (KB) is the first decision...
26 Mar, 2024 Trends in fintech: our EU predictions for 2024 By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Alicia Hildner Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Victor Garcia Lopez +3 more... Show less As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 we have crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the EU Freshfields Fintech team,...
18 Mar, 2024 The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) By James Smethurst Tom Godwin Richard Ho Regina Erie Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +3 more... Show less This blog considers the recent HM Treasury (HMT) consultation on the proposed trial of a new ‘Private Intermittent Securities and Capital...