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...
15 Mar, 2024 Failing to prepare or preparing to fail – PRA policy statement on solvent exit planning for non-systemic banks and building societies By Michael Raffan Lauren Moorin Fran Kaehr In a 2021 speech, Sam Woods, the CEO of the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), stated that one of the regulator’s focuses for...
08 Mar, 2024 Spring Budget 2024: The Hunt for Blue October By Alison Dickie Laura Western In an unusually rowdy House of Commons, the Chancellor delivered what will be his last Spring Budget before a UK general election widely...
01 Mar, 2024 Text of the new EU Product Liability Directive is agreed – what happens next? By Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin In brief: The text of the revised new EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) has now been agreed. After intense negotiations resulting in...
12 Feb, 2024 New market investigation powers of the Italian Antitrust Authority - Council of State confirms they apply to all economic sectors By Gian Luca Zampa Ermelinda Spinelli Alessandro Di Giò Alberto Galasso +1 more... Show less In its opinion of 29 January 2024, the Italian Council of State (CdS) published its views on the scope of application of the new market...
19 Jan, 2024 New Year, New Me(chanism for bank resolution) – HM Treasury consultation on enhancements to special resolution regime By Michael Raffan Lauren Moorin Fran Kaehr The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in spring 2023 posed new challenges for the UK resolution regime, as we commented in a blog post...
08 Jan, 2024 The Italian Annual Law on Competition: what’s new? By Gian Luca Zampa Ermelinda Spinelli Alessandro Di Giò Cecilia Carli Irene Indino +2 more... Show less The reform of Italian competition and consumer protection laws – which have already been significantly amended over the past two years –...
03 Jan, 2024 Mind the UK ‘advice gap’: Considering the Advice Guidance Boundary Review By Elisabeth Overland Christopher Bernard Billy Liu On 8 December 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) and the FCA published a joint policy paper (DP23/5) on the Advice Guidance Boundary Review (the...
21 Dec, 2023 Regulation of culture in financial institutions: global trends and challenges By Elisabeth Overland Holly Insley Falko Glasow Jennifer Loeb Christopher Bernard +2 more... Show less Around the world, regulators have become increasingly concerned about culture in financial services firms, as part of a wider focus on...
19 Dec, 2023 The Future of Payments Review – A recipe for success? By Michael Raffan Christopher Bernard Julia Robilliard-Smith Natalia Rodriguez Moskalkova +1 more... Show less On 22 November 2023, the UK government published the Future of Payments Review report. The Future of Payments Review was initiated in...
18 Dec, 2023 The PRA/FCA consultation on assessment of changes in control: what you need to know By Borja Ruiz De Gopegui James Smethurst Christopher Bernard The PRA and the FCA have published a joint consultation paper on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases in control...