13 Dec, 2023 Financial Regulation Legal Outlook 2024 By Rakhee Pattani Our Financial Regulation Outlook 2024 explores the key regulatory developments that we expect to see in the Banking, Asset Management and...
20 Nov, 2024 Re-dressing redress: the FCA and FOS joint Call for Input By Oli Palmer The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have published a joint Call for Input (CFI) on reforming the...
19 Nov, 2024 Bank of England drafts fundamental rules for financial market infrastructure By James Morris Simon Treacy In a consultation the Bank of England proposes requiring UK financial market infrastructure to meet 10 new Fundamental Rules. The rules...
19 Nov, 2024 National Payments Vision: The Government sets out its ambitions for the UK payments sector By Olivia Murphy A year in the making, the UK Government has released its National Payments Vision. The NPV is intended to address the findings of the...
19 Nov, 2024 Greenwashing Outlook Conference: Legal & Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management Approaches By Peter Bevan Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett Julia Grothaus Daniella Strik Nikunj Kiri Victoria Hickman +4 more... Show less As Peter Bevan says, we look forward to seeing so many of you at our forthcoming Greenwashing conference, that we're co-hosting with...
15 Nov, 2024 Shaping resilience: the UK’s new blueprint for critical third parties to the financial sector By Declan Mcloughlin Simon Treacy Duncan Campbell Newly finalised rules on the regulation of critical third parties (CTPs) will soon add a new dimension to the UK’s operational resilience...
15 Nov, 2024 Growth and competitiveness - a new strategy By Elizabeth Dowd Rachel Reeves has used her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor to put forward reforms aimed at making the UK financial services...
13 Nov, 2024 UK short selling regime is back on track By Stephen Clipsham The draft Short Selling Regulations 2024 have now been published, together with a draft explanatory memorandum. The UK Government...
07 Nov, 2024 FCA sets out the regulatory framework for pensions dashboard service firms By Premlata Fagan The FCA has today published its long awaited Policy Statement PS24/15 and its final handbook rules and guidance setting out the...
05 Nov, 2024 Greenwashing Conference: Legal & Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management Approaches By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Peter Bevan Harry Eddis Elizabeth Dowd Nikunj Kiri Martyn Hopper Clare McMullen James Morris Alastair Holt +7 more... Show less A reminder about the “Greenwashing Outlook” conference that Linklaters and AFME are hosting imminently. We look forward to seeing many of...
31 Oct, 2024 Court of Appeal decision on commission disclosure opens door to more consumer claims By Duncan Campbell In allowing three appeals (Johnson v FirstRand Bank, Wrench v FirstRand Bank and Hopcraft v Close Brothers Limited) the Court of Appeal...
24 Oct, 2024 Joint AFME and Linklaters implementation guide on MiFIR / MiFID II Reforms in the EU and the UK By Raza Naeem Karen Cooper Peter Bevan Harry Eddis Stephen Clipsham +2 more... Show less The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and Linklaters have published an implementation guide to help EU and UK firms...
23 Oct, 2024 AI-washing – the latest developments and how to mitigate the risk By Duncan Campbell As AI rapidly develops, it brings with it the risk that firms might be accused of ‘AI-washing’: ‘overselling’ their AI’s capabilities,...
12 Oct, 2024 ECJ ruling simplifies intra-group reorganisations of regulated banks By Marius Raetz Julian Emmerich When directly or indirectly acquiring 10% or more of the voting rights or capital of a credit institution, potential acquirers must...
10 Oct, 2024 Significant Court of Appeal judgment on FCA's redress powers By Nikunj Kiri Sara Cody Duncan Campbell The Court of Appeal has published its much anticipated judgment in the BlueCrest v FCA case. For the details, read our briefing note. By...
08 Oct, 2024 FCA announces advice market consolidation review and other key priorities in dear CEO letter By Premlata Fagan It has been a while since the FCA last looked in detail at consolidation, but a Dear CEO letter sent to financial advisers and investment...
07 Oct, 2024 Overseas Funds Regime - User Guide By Premlata Fagan In July 2024, the FCA published Policy Statement PS24/7, which included its final rules on the Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) ahead of the...