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UK Corporate Briefing - April 2025

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about....more

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Europe: Are the UK FCA’s Revised “Name and Shame” Proposals an Improvement?

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In November 2024, the UK FCA released a Consultation which seeks to clarify its proposed approach to publicising ongoing enforcement action—dubbed the “name and shame” plan—and to assure the wider market of the plan’s...more

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Concerns remain over FCA’s ‘name and shame’ proposals

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An enforcement investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) can be an extremely expensive and stressful experience for regulated firms and individuals alike. In February this year, the FCA launched a controversial...more

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FCA Consults on Plans to Announce Enforcement Investigations

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The FCA plans to streamline its approach to enforcement and publicise investigations at an early stage. On 27 February 2024, the FCA published a Consultation Paper (CP24/2) on its proposed new approach to publicising...more

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Call for Reform of Regulatory Supervision of Auditors

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Chartered accountants are accustomed to continuous oversight of their work by regulators. While regulatory supervision can often be a collaborative process, it does sometimes culminate in individual accountants and firms...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

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FCA Enforcement Annual Performance Report – 2018/19

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On 9 July 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) released its Enforcement Annual Performance Report for 2018/19 (the “Report”). Complementing the wider FCA Annual Report, it provides an overview of the FCA’s...more

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Dual-Track Money Laundering Investigations: One-Way Traffic?

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Speaking at the Global Investigations Review Live event in London on 4th April, Mark Steward, Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), addressed the audience on three...more

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Spotlight on Money Laundering

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The National Crime Agency’s use of the Unexplained Wealth Order regime has also created high profile headlines exposing lavish spending habits of individuals whose wealth is unexplained. It is this political focus, along with...more

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Case Note: Allen and Conti

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This case, from the U.S. Federal Appeals Court, considers the applicability of the Fifth Amendment’s privilege against self-incrimination in relation to testimony compelled by a foreign government, on the present facts the...more

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UK Regulator Fines Deutsche Bank for AML Control Failings Related to Mirror Trading

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The Financial Conduct Authority published a final notice issued to Deutsche Bank AG and fined the bank £163 million for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering control framework between January 1, 2012 and...more

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Bridging the Week - September 2015

Alleged Flash Crasher's Formal Indictment Provides More Details Regarding His Purported Spoofing - The US Department of Justice filed a formal indictment against Navinder Singh Sarao in a US federal court in Chicago on...more

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FCA Investigating 67 Alternative Investment Fund Managers

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A number of news outlets reported last week that, as of 26 January 2015, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) was investigating 67 firms or managers subject to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the...more

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