Dec 05, 2024 Design of EU open finance rules set to move to next stage By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The EU plans to require financial services firms to open up the data they hold for customers. Last year the European Commission proposed...
Dec 02, 2024 IOSCO launches consultation report on pre-hedging By Stephen Clipsham The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has launched its much anticipated consultation report on pre-hedging....
Nov 22, 2024 Consumer Composite Investments (Designated Activities) Regulations 2024 enter into force By Premlata Fagan On 22 November 2024, Treasury’s new rules granting the FCA powers to construct and deliver a new retail disclosure framework for Consumer...
Nov 21, 2024 FCA sets out next steps for “Advice Guidance Boundary Review” By Premlata Fagan In December 2023, the government and the FCA put forward proposals to improve how people can access help with their investments...
Nov 15, 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...
Nov 05, 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...
Oct 07, 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...
Sep 19, 2024 UK plots post-PRIIPs policy By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The Government and Financial Conduct Authority plan to put in place the UK’s new retail disclosure regime by summer 2025. According to a...
Sep 16, 2024 Navigating the FCA's Overseas Funds Regime By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem Elliot Jack With the FCA’s Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) for non-UK funds to be recognised by the FCA and sold to UK retail investors having now been...
Jul 04, 2024 EU institutions explore AI in financial services By Simon Treacy As our mid-year legal outlook shows, the legal impact of AI adoption is not limited to the tech sector. Financial services firms are...
Jun 07, 2024 FCA looks to the future of finance in speech to investment managers By Simon Treacy Premlata Fagan In a globalised industry, having a strong regulatory regime that embraces innovation helps make the case for investing with money...
May 08, 2024 ESMA call for input on assets eligible for UCITS By Premlata Fagan Since 2007 - when the EU UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (2007/16/EC) was introduced in order to give clarity on whether a given asset...
May 01, 2024 UK lays out roadmap for Overseas Funds Regime By Raza Naeem Benjamin Maconick Emily Harmsworth Premlata Fagan Simon Treacy +2 more... Show less European funds can seek longer-term access to the UK market from later this year, according to a new OFR roadmap released by HM Treasury...
Dec 05, 2023 Technology Working Group sets out its vision for implementing UK fund tokenisation By Premlata Fagan In a recent speech the FCA highlighted “supporting technological advance” as one of its three main priorities for reform of the asset...
Oct 13, 2023 Update on recent financial regulatory developments in the U.S. By Stephen Clipsham Brad Caswell Our U.S. Financial Regulation Group have published their latest update covering the most critical regulatory developments in the U.S....
May 12, 2023 Treasury consults on new "Reserved Investor Fund" By Akshay Bilolikar Following its earlier review of the UK's fund regimes, HM Treasury has launched a consultation on introducing a new unauthorised...