The European Securities and Markets Authority has published three consultation papers on different aspects of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation Refit. The proposed rules relate to the information to be provided...more
MiFIR / MiFID II: The European Parliament published a press release announcing it has reached provisional political agreement with the Council of the EU on the proposed amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...more
The European Commission has released its much anticipated proposal on streamlining withholding tax procedures. The proposal for a Directive on the “Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes” (or the “FASTER”...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Revised draft Recognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 - A revised draft version of the Recognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous...more
ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol - The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has published the ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol. Our separate client alert, ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol: What...more
Annual transparency calculations for non-equity instruments: ESMA grants option to postpone to 21 September 2020 - The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced that trading venues and investment...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions and markets. Includes updates on MiFIR open access regime for trading and clearing ETDs and various ESMA Q&A updated....more
Partners Julia Smithers Excell and Stuart Willey, and associate Laura Kitchen of global law firm White & Case take a deep dive on the latest publications from EU and UK regulators aimed at providing supervisory clarity on the...more
BREXIT - Please see the Prudential Regulation section for updates on: (i) the record of the FPC meeting held on 12 March; and (ii) HMT’s recently published letter on the EC’s proposed package of reforms in relation to BRRD...more
BREXIT - EC publishes notices on consequences of Brexit on banking and finance sectors - On 8 February, the EC published a new webpage containing a number of notices setting out the consequences of Brexit on banking and...more
BREXIT - Brexit - EU (Withdrawal) Bill published - On 13 July, the DExEU published the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (Bill), which: (i) repeals the ECA 1972; (ii) converts EU law into UK law where appropriate; and...more