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PRA and FCA Offer New Guidance on How Changes in Control Will Be Assessed

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/27/2025

On 1 November 2024, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a joint policy statement (PS 18/24) on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases in control. The...more

UK Change in Control Regime – New Guidance published by the FCA and PRA

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 11/22/2024

In the United Kingdom, prior approval must be obtained from the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) or the Prudential Regulation Authority (the “PRA”) prior to becoming a “controller” of an FCA or PRA authorised firm (an...more

The Capital Ratio: Roundup of Upcoming UK Regulatory Reforms for Financial Institutions

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/8/2024

UK regulators have recently announced a number of reforms for banks and other financial institutions. - On 23 November 2023, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (together,...more

Swiss Banks Launch Crypto Offerings; GAO Addresses SEC Crypto Bulletin; UK and Hong Kong Publish Crypto Guidance; DOJ and SEC...

BakerHostetler on 11/6/2023

Swiss Banks Launch Tokenization Pilot, Crypto Custody and Trading Services - A recent press release announced a pilot by “SIX, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and six commercial banks” that seeks “to test, in a live...more

Bank Launches Blockchain Network; Stablecoin Initiatives Launch in Foreign Markets; New Crypto Guidance Published; Reports Provide...

BakerHostetler on 10/16/2023

U.S. Bank Launches Blockchain Network, Crypto Bank Gains Securities License - According to recent reports, the largest bank in the U.S. has gone live with its blockchain-based Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN) and...more

Corporate Briefing - August 2023

BCLP on 8/1/2023

Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more

LIBOR: Q1 2021 Snapshot

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/10/2021

On 5 March 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out certain key dates for the cessation of all 35 London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) settings published by ICE Benchmark Administration. Whilst there has been...more

EU Regulators Outline Approach to Remote Working During COVID-19 Crisis

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/30/2020

ESMA, BaFin, and FCA have provided guidelines on firms’ obligation to record client telephone calls. Remote working raises uncertainties in various regulated areas as it dramatically changes institutions’ day-to-day...more

UK Government Publishes Guidance on Proposed Legislation to Onshore EU Legislation on Financial Conglomerates and Groups

A&O Shearman on 11/1/2018

HM Treasury has published explanatory information on the draft Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, which it intends to publish in due course. The draft Regulations will...more

FCA Announces Review on Availability of Information Before IPO

Jones Day on 5/23/2017

May 2017 On 1 March 2017, the FCA published a consultation paper proposing a number of policies aimed at improving the information made available to investors during the initial public offering ("IPO") process. The paper also...more

Asset managers’ guide to the EU Market Abuse Regulation: will you be compliant on 3 July 2016?

King & Spalding on 6/13/2016

The EU Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014) (“MAR”) applies from 3 July 2016. This guide is intended as an aid to asset managers in assessing, in the weeks running up to 3 July but also on an ongoing basis, whether amendments...more

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