HM Treasury has published an update on the National Payments Vision (NPV), announcing plans to implement a new collaborative model for delivering the UK's next-generation retail payments infrastructure. The Payments Vision…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
The European Supervisory Authorities (European Banking Authority, European Insurance Occupational Pensions Authority, and European Securities and Markets Authority) have published a joint guide detailing their oversight…
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/ Finance & Banking, Insurance, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
HM Treasury (HMT) has published its consultation paper on cross-cutting reforms in the UK regulatory environment in relation to key performance indicators, principles and strategies to be applied by the UK Financial Conduct…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
The UK FSMA 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Amendment Regulations 2025 have been laid. The regulations extend the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) powers of direction to a new category of derivative, referred to as…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
HM Treasury (HMT) has published its response confirming the outcome of its consultation on the potential development of a green taxonomy in the UK. The consultation had sought views on whether such a taxonomy would be an…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
This note discusses the European Banking Authority’s (EBA’s) report, published on July 23, 2025, which addresses whether and when EU non-bank entities should be allowed to deal with locally unregulated non-EU banks.
In some…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
HM Treasury (HMT) has published a policy paper on its update on the digital gilt instrument (DIGIT) pilot. The paper follows the Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN), which closed in April and which was the first stage of…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
The looming expiration of the “Liberation Day” tariff suspension on August 1, 2025 marks a watershed for global trade and supply chain management. The U.S. administration’s imposition of sweeping tariffs first announced on April…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
HM Treasury has published a policy paper on the wholesale financial markets digital strategy. The purpose of the strategy is to ensure the UK benefits from opportunities to improve its wholesale financial markets, by using new…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published final policy statement (PS25/9) to implement the new Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (POATRs), which will replace the UK Prospectus Regulation. The…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published final policy statement PS25/10, setting out the final rules for the new public offer platforms (POP) regime. This follows consultations in July 2024 and January of this…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
The Digitisation Taskforce has published its final report, recommending a three-step plan to modernise the UK shareholding framework by eliminating paper share certificates and transitioning to a fully digitised and…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Securities Law
Financial distress for a company always places additional emphasis on governance—and on the duties of the directors of the company. The Australian legal system has a clear system of duties for directors—a period of financial…
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/ Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, International Law & Trade
Each of these items will help ensure that a U.S.-based joint venture (JV)—especially one in a regulated industry with cross-border aspects—is set up and operated on solid legal, compliance, and tax footing. By diligently…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Taxation
A pharmaceutical company is currently appealing a record USD1.6 billion judgment in the US, arguing that a key part of the US False Claims Act (FCA) is unconstitutional. This case, now before the Court of Appeals for the Third…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Government Contracting, Health, Labor & Employment Law
