This fourth article of a series on crypto assets considers which crypto assets are subject to the market abuse regulation (MAR), and the particular challenges that may present. Read more
On 29 October Lord Sharkey introduced a Private Members' Bill into the House of Lords, which proposed amending the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") to empower the FCA to introduce a duty of care owed by authorised persons to consumers in carrying out regulated activities under FSMA (the "Bill").
The Bill proposed that a duty of care be defined as an obligation to exercise reasonable care and skill when providing a product or a service. Read more
Every quarter our financial services regulatory team publishes the Financial Services Regulatory Timeline, a look ahead at key regulatory milestones in the coming months and years in a range of areas, created for our clients in financial institutions. Three areas covered in the Timeline are Financial Crime, Enforcement, and Market Abuse. For the readers of our corporate crime e-bulletins, we have produced these sections as a Calendar of key developments in Financial Crime, Market Abuse and Enforcement which can be accessed here. 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 2019. Read more
On 16 October 2019, the FCA published its Feedback Statement on Climate Change and Green Finance. The paper summarises the key themes arising from feedback to the FCA's Discussion Paper (18/8) as well as the FCA's responses and intended next steps. Read more
Due to difficulties with our publishing software, we have been unable to deliver our Daily FSR Update to you on Thursday, 17 October 2019. While we work to resolve this issue, please click here to view the update for 17 October. Read more
Due to difficulties with our publishing software, we have been unable to deliver our Daily FSR Update to you over the last few days. In the interim, we have consolidated the updates for 14 – 15 October 2019, which you can view here, and for 16 October 2019 which you can view here. Read more
Welcome to the Autumn 2019 edition of our corporate crime update – our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. This bumper edition covers a number of jurisdictions, and includes content from the summer break. Read more
In our Corporate Crime & Investigations podcast we look to bring you timely and incisive commentary on key developments in the CC&I space.
In this second episode we take a look at the Law Commission's recent report on the Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) regime under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). Read more
