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,...
14 Oct, 2024 Redressing the UK FCA’s power to impose consumer redress schemes By Christopher Robinson Sharon Grennan Juliet Leung In a recent decision, the UK Court of Appeal confirmed that the FCA can impose a redress requirement on an FCA-regulated firm without...
27 Sep, 2024 UK Supreme Court confirms the circumstances in which UK anti-suit injunctions are available in support of foreign-seated arbitrations By Ali Kirby-Harris Eid-Daniel Jadon Maxim Pyrkov Flavia Williams Jack Harrison Tobias Messervy-Whiting +3 more... Show less On 18 September 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC following an earlier...
25 Sep, 2024 FCA's further report on de-banking focuses on the Consumer Duty By Sharon Tong Anthea Bowater The FCA has published its follow-up report on “UK Payment Accounts Access and Closures: Update” (the Update Report). In its last report,...
25 Sep, 2024 FCA consultation on publicising investigations: Talks to resume By Lucy Clark After a few months of silence (the FCA’s promise to listen to the “extensive feedback” it had received at the consultation’s close in...
18 Sep, 2024 Stop that payment! FCA guidance on delaying payments suspected to be APP fraud By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Christopher Chan Abisha Bastian +1 more... Show less On 9 September 2024, the FCA launched a Consultation in which it proposes changes to its guidance to payment service providers (PSPs)....
03 Sep, 2024 Herding cats: English law and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations By Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Joana Fragata Background On 11 July 2024, the Law Commission published a scoping paper (the Scoping Paper) on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations...
03 Sep, 2024 FCA publishes final rules on bundling payments for investment research and execution By James Smethurst Borja Ruiz De Gopegui Christopher Bernard Cameron MacDonald +1 more... Show less On 26 July 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its policy statement on payment optionality for investment research...
22 Aug, 2024 The new European AML package - a comprehensive overview By Jan Struckmann Alicia Hildner Janina Heinz Few areas of regulatory law are evolving as rapidly as European money laundering law. Over the past few years these requirements have...
20 Aug, 2024 POP’ing it like the FCA By Chris Ranson Richard Ho Tom Godwin Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +3 more... Show less The FCA recently published a consultation paper (CP24/13) setting out its proposed rules for the new public offer platform (POP) regime....
20 Aug, 2024 New access to cash rules published by the FCA By Michael Raffan Julia Robilliard-Smith Tey Khoo Christopher Bernard +1 more... Show less Despite trends toward digital and cashless payments, the previous Government assessed that access to cash remained vital for a portion of...