The UK Supreme Court has declined to grant permission to appeal the strike out of representative actions brought by shareholders against...
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The FCA has now published its final rules for prospective operators of the new PISCES platforms (Private Intermittent Securities and...
On 28 May 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper outlining its proposed prudential rules for firms that issue qualifying...
In our previous blog, we considered the risks under the current legal regime in the UK to employers, trustees and providers arising from...
For many employers, one of the key provisions of the imminent Pension Schemes Bill is a much anticipated relaxation of the regime...
In early May 2025 the Mansion House II Accord (the Accord) revealed that seventeen of the largest workplace pension providers in the UK...
Earlier this year the Government published the draft Companies (Directors' Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (the...
The recent fallout in global markets as a result of US President Trump’s trade tariff announcements may recall, to the minds of UK...
The UK Government has saddled up to bring order to what it terms the “wild-west” of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). For years, BNPL has...
In the last 6 months, we have seen a range of important cases and developments before the Courts in the UK affecting financial...
On 24 April 2025, the FCA released a consultation paper CP 25/10 on the definition of capital for FCA investment firms. The FCA says it...
On 29 April 2025, HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument in near-final form which will introduce a regulatory regime for...