2024 was an eventful year for UK shareholder litigation, and 2025 looks set to bring about a number of further significant developments....
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2024 was a momentous year for the financial services industry. Financial institutions had to deal with geopolitical risks arising from...
The new Labour government has placed financial services at the centre of its plans to grow the UK economy, and UK regulators have an...
On 16 December 2024 the FCA published its much-anticipated Discussion Paper on (i) cryptoasset admissions and disclosures and (ii) the...
The Court of Appeal’s decision On 25 October 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in three linked appeals – Johnson v...
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The concept of ‘reverse solicitation’ marks the outer limit of the circumstances under which non-EU market participants can operate...
On 11 November 2024, an updated draft of the Short Selling Regulations 2024 was laid before Parliament, accompanied by a draft...
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published consultation paper (CP) 15/24 proposing reforms to the UK Insurance Special...
The FCA yesterday published its revised proposals to publicise enforcement investigations. Reactions to the original proposals both from...
This month the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, confirmed as part of her first Mansion House speech the UK Government’s...
AI is a topic that is both new and old. Financial services firms have been grappling with the capabilities of AI and its use cases for...
At a Glance On 15 November 2024, the FCA and FOS jointly published a call for input as to how the FOS might improve its redress...