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3/26/2024 2:32:03 PM

AIFMD II final text published in the EU's Official Journal

By Michael Sholem Harriet Miller

The final legislative text of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive II (AIFMD II) was published today in the EU’s Official...

3/22/2024 11:27:14 AM

By Kirstie Hutchinson Malcolm Hitching Jamie Macpherson +1 more...

On 19 March 2024, the Government introduced draft legislation in the House of Lords, in the form of the Litigation Funding Agreements...

3/21/2024 10:13:08 AM

By Chloe Edworthy Chris Akka

What happens when someone tries to enforce an arbitral award when the arbitration never happened? This was the question the Commercial...

3/18/2024 9:17:07 AM

By Harriet Miller

On 1 March 2024, the FCA published a letter to CEOs of asset managers and alternatives firms, outlining its supervisory and regulatory...

3/13/2024 3:17:10 PM

By William Sykes Robert Daniell Edward Karsten

Background The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) previously published Policy Statement (PS23/2) setting out...

3/7/2024 1:16:37 PM

By Cameron Firth Greg Dowell

On 29 February 2024 the FCA published its final report on its market study into the supply of wholesale financial data in the UK. The...

3/6/2024 1:48:13 PM

By Lorna Emson Helen Harvey

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote a letter on 5 March 2024 to the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of “Annex 1” firms. These are...

3/5/2024 9:11:23 AM

By Laura Bridgewater Madeleine Brown

The FCA has launched a consultation on changes to its enforcement regime. If enacted, this will be the biggest shake up of the...

3/4/2024 2:48:24 PM

By Lorna Emson Helen Harvey Lara Gardiner

In an effort to fight economic crime and make it easier to hold corporates to account, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...