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
The FCA’s latest market study (MS18/1.2), on general insurance pricing practices, continues its focus on general insurance markets. Building on an earlier thematic review on home insurance, the FCA has looked in particular at how firms adapt the margins they aim to earn according to the likely behaviour of individual customers. Read more
In a recent decision, the High Court has found that the terms of a Facility Agreement governed by English law allowed the borrower to withhold payment of interest instalments where there was a risk of secondary sanctions being imposed on the borrower under US law, notwithstanding that the Facility Agreement had no connection with the … Read more
MiFID II overhauled the way in which firms pay for, price and provide research – in large part, aiming to reduce conflicts of interests and ensure that firms are acting in the best interests of clients. Sell-side brokers are now required to unbundle research from other services (notably execution) and buy-side firms are required to purchase research from their own resources or by using a separate research payment account (RPA) funded by clients. Read more
