22 Apr, 2024 FCA sets out actions for Consumer Lending Firms to reduce harm to consumers By Mila Pencheva Charlotte Hill Daniel Hirschfield On 20 March 2024, the FCA published a portfolio letter to three consumer lending portfolios: high-cost lenders, mainstream consumer...
19 Apr, 2024 EU cryptoasset guidelines under consultation By Shaanil Senarath-Dassanayake Charlotte Hill Daniel Hirschfield The April 2024 edition of Compliance Monitor, a publication of Lloyd’s List Intelligence's, features an article written by our experts...
05 Apr, 2024 Virtual asset regulation around the world By Shaanil Senarath-Dassanayake Daniel Hirschfield Charlotte Hill Mila Pencheva +1 more... Show less On 28 March 2024, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (an intergovernmental organisation that develops policies to combat money...
03 Apr, 2024 FCA finalised guidance on social media financial promotions By Charlotte Hill Daniel Hirschfield Charlotte Witherington Updated guidance published On 26 March 2024, the FCA published its finalised guidance on financial promotions on social media (FG24/1)....
07 Mar, 2024 Spring Budget 2024: further tax relief changes "when fiscal conditions" allow for Life Sciences businesses By Sally Robertson Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024 has not revealed any new significant changes to relevant tax reliefs following his Autumn Statement in...
07 Mar, 2024 Jeremy Hunt: the guardian of the angels? Financial promotion changes set to be reversed By Daniel Hirschfield Charlotte Hill It has been less than two months since changes to the high net worth individual and sophisticated investor financial promotion exemptions...
23 Feb, 2024 Crypto matters: (a) what is a thing? (b) EU MiCA rules By Daniel Hirschfield Draft Digital Assets Bill On 22 February 2024, the UK's Law Commission (a statutory independent body that keeps the laws of England and...
21 Dec, 2023 Financial regulators publish annual cyber resilience report By Daniel Hirschfield On 19 December 2023, the FCA, Bank of England and the PRA published their CBEST thematic report, the first time the report has been...
30 Oct, 2023 UK government confirms regulatory regime for cryptoassets By Daniel Hirschfield On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury published a response to its February 2023 consultation paper on the future financial services regulatory...
25 Oct, 2023 FCA update on crypto marketing By Daniel Hirschfield On 25 October 2023, the FCA provided an update on the new crypto financial promotion regime, which has applied since 8 October 2023. The...
10 Oct, 2023 EU digital transformation in train By Daniel Hirschfield In this special autumn alert, our payments experts take a look at the European Commission's proposed reforms to existing EU payments...
03 Oct, 2023 Making sense of EU and UK financial data rules By Debbie Heywood A raft of regulation surrounds financial data collection and sharing in the EU and UK, creating a complex environment for financial...