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Financial Services and Markets Bill Receives Royal Assent

As a major post-Brexit milestone, HM Treasury (“HMT”) has announced that the Financial Services and Markets Bill received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. For more information on the development of the Financial Services and...more

UK-EU Memorandum of Understanding Signed

As a major step forward in post-Brexit relations between the two jurisdictions, the UK and EU have signed the highly anticipated memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) on UK-EU regulatory cooperation in financial services. HM...more

A New Era for Continuation Fund Transactions: ILPA Issues New Guidance

Challenging economic conditions have made it even more attractive for certain General Partners (GPs) to seek to maintain existing assets owned by fund vehicles. Continuation funds offer GPs a mechanism for doing this by...more

FCA Publishes Near-Final Cryptoasset Marketing Rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) recently announced its “near-final” rules on financial promotions for cryptoassets. The FCA published its highly anticipated policy statement, “Financial promotion rules for...more

Katten Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 15

Four Key Considerations Since SEC Amended Form PF - In early May, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule amending Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment...more

The ‘Inside’ Story: Market Abuse Trends

Katten recently hosted an interesting and insightful panel discussion on the latest market abuse trends in the UK and US. The session was presented Katten Financial Markets Regulatory Partner Neil Robson alongside RQC Group’s...more

IOSCO Consults on Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) recently published a consultation report (CR01/2023) (“Consultation”) on draft policy recommendations (“Recommendations”) to support greater regulatory and...more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 14

Daniel Davis Shares Views on Digital Asset Regulation During House Subcommittee Hearing - In testimony before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, Daniel...more

Post-Brexit UK-EU Memorandum of Understanding Adopted

On 17 May 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”) published a press release announcing that – as a major post-Brexit milestone – it has adopted a draft memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) on regulatory cooperation in...more

FCA Publishes Findings From its Whistleblowing Survey 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently published the findings from its 2022 whistleblowing qualitative assessment survey, together with the steps it intends to take to improve whistleblower confidence. The FCA...more

UK Government’s Climbdown on Retained EU Law

The UK Government recently announced plans to abandon its controversial commitment to review or scrap all retained EU law by the end of 2023. Although the majority of retained EU law is now set to stay on the UK statute book...more

HMT and Regulators Move Forward with SMCR Review

Following our recent article on the Government’s proposed reforms to the Senior Manager and Certification Regime (“SMCR”) (available here), HM Treasury (the “HMT”) launched a call for evidence (“Call for Evidence”), and the...more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 13

NFTs and the Enduring Allure of Digital Collectibles - This is the first article of a series by Katten attorneys examining non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and various novel legal issues raised by NFTs, including in copyright...more

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