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Exemptions United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New UK Prospectus Rules Published

- What is new: The FCA has published final rules for the new UK prospectus regime, introducing significant reforms such as a new 75% threshold for secondary issuances, new prospectus exemptions, permitting protected...more

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HMT publishes revised policy approach to ancillary activities exemption

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HM Treasury (HMT) has published a policy note and draft statutory instrument on the ancillary activities exemption, which is an exemption (originally introduced in the revised EU Markets in Financial Services Directive) from...more

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FCA Handbook Notice 129

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice 129 which sets out changes to the classes of derivatives subject to the derivatives trading obligation (DTO), following policy statement PS25/2 published...more

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U.K. regulators seek to improve margin requirements for non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently launched a joint consultation on proposed amendments to the margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives.1...more

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UK FCA policy statement on the DTO and PTRR services

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its policy statement (PS25/2) with final rules on the classes of derivatives subject to the derivatives trading obligation (DTO) and the new framework for the exemptions...more

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UK regulators consult on changes to margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives

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The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have opened a consultation on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. The proposals are to: - Make permanent the current...more

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Cancelled in March 2024: Requirements for UK High Net Worth and Self-Certified Investors Changing From 31 January 2024

This post is an update of a previous post. On 27 March 2024, government legislation (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Order 2024 (SI 2024/301), the “March...more

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UK HNW and Sophisticated Investor Exemptions: More Financial Promotion Changes

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We wrote on the impact of changes to the financial promotion rules that came into effect earlier this year. On 7 November 2023, the UK Government published the proposed changes to the Financial Promotion Order 2005 (FPO). The...more

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HM Treasury Confirms Changes to Financial Promotion Exemptions

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Businesses relying on exemptions for high net worth individuals and self-certified sophisticated investors should ensure they are prepared to comply with the updated requirements. On 7 November 2023, HM Treasury...more

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Exemptions for Pensions and Intragroup Transactions Extended Under UK EMIR in Further Divergence from EU EMIR

Pension funds and entities with in-scope intragroup OTC derivative transactions will be able to continue to rely on the temporary exemptions from clearing and/or margining requirements under UK EMIR, following the publication...more

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