Scott Balber and Pamela Terry have contributed to Global Investigations Review’s The Guide to International Enforcement of Securities Laws with a chapter entitled “Strategic Considerations in Cross-Border Investigations”. Read more

We are delighted to announce the programme for Herbert Smith Freehills' Eighth Annual Corporate Crime and Investigations Conference on 30 November 2021. Read more

We are excited to launch the 2021 edition of our Global Bank Review on ESG: Creating a purposeful future. Read more

On 9 November 2021, HM Treasury (HMT) published a consultation paper on the Future Regulatory Framework Review for financial services. This paper builds on the topics and feedback received to the previous consultation paper from October 2020 and the broader vision for Better Regulation set out in the BEIS consultation from July 2021. Read more

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has recently announced a disciplinary action against a licensed corporation and its manager-in-charge (MIC) for internal control failures relating to its placing activities and recording of client order instructions. Read more

On 2^nd November 2021, Jessica Rusu, the Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) spoke at the Chief Data Officer Exchange for Financial Services forum. The speech provided a useful round-up of the FCA's focus on data across its operations and activities. Read more

The PRA is proposing to introduce a new definition of 'insurance holding company' into its rulebook (CP17/21).  The change means that some companies that are currently regarded as 'mixed-activity insurance holding companies' would probably be reclassified as insurance holding companies for the purposes of group supervision. Read more

In this blog post, we round-up forthcoming developments in the UK and at EU and International levels in financial services regulation which are expected for November 2021. Read more