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With a free trade agreement between the UK and the EU agreed on Christmas Eve, there is now more visibility on the regulatory landscape...

The eyes of most Brexit watchers are on the trade talks in Brussels.  In the background, however, the process of legislating for the...

On 15 December 2020, the FCA announced it had fined a hedge fund Chief Investment Officer (CIO) £100,000 for market abuse and had...

All the inhabited Overseas Territories (OTs) of the United Kingdom (UK) have committed to adopting publicly accessible registers of...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its first consultation paper (CP) proposing rules for the UK Investment Firm Prudential...

As readers will know, on Tuesday this week Parliament approved Regulations establishing a new three-tier framework to replace the second...

The government has once again suspended wrongful trading, this time until 30 April 2021. The government had previously suspended wrongful...

Once again, Covid-19 has demonstrated its ability to affect issues seemingly entirely removed from the auspices of a health crisis. In...

Last week Jessica Adam, a partner in our corporate and M&A team, was joined by Harry Bourne, from the investment banking group at...

Last week, Sam Woods, CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) gave a speech on the regulatory architecture for UK banks...

Last week saw the publication of three different sets of guidance on the extended furlough scheme – the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...

Over the last decade, market participants have observed direct lenders quietly taking market share from traditional bank lenders. As...

Following last week’s extension of the CJRS furlough scheme, the Government has now published thirteen sets of guidance with further...

The implementation of the Investment Association’s (IA) proposal for a new Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF) is looking increasingly likely...

New FCA guidance Following the announcement of a second national lockdown, the FCA has announced a reprise of the payment deferral...

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has agreed its ninth deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), which has now received approval in the Crown...