The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has recently published various statements regarding its current approach to its regulation of banking in the UK, including delaying implementation of Basel 3.1 rules....more
On 21 December 2022, ESMA published a final report in relation to draft technical standards for cross-border fund management activities and the cross-border marketing of investment funds within the EEA under the UCITS and...more
1/11/2023
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Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Funds ,
Marketing ,
Technical Standards ,
UCITS
On the 9th of December, the UK’s Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, set out a “collection of announcements” aimed at reforming the UK’s financial services ecosystem to maximise its position outside the EU while aligning still with...more
The UK Government has announced wide ranging reforms to the UK financial services industry, including key tax reforms -
On 9 December 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the “Edinburgh...more
On September 29, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) issued a statement that the publication of the 1-month and 6-month synthetic sterling LIBOR would permanently cease at the end of March 2023....more
10/10/2022
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interest Rates ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
UK
The Council of the EU published two information notes (13198/22) and (13215/22) yesterday, with the final text of the following two new regulations...more
On 1 June 2022, the French Presidency published its “final” compromise text in relation to the revision to the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (known as “AIFMD2”).
According to this latest AIFMD2...more
This week sees the introduction of significant changes to the rules and regulations governing the marketing of alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) to investors in the Member States of the European Economic Area (the “EEA”)...more
8/2/2021
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Alternative Investment Funds ,
Asset Management ,
Cross-Border ,
EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Marketing ,
SFDR