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CMA Hits Accelerator on Enforcement of UK Labour Markets

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Whilst not traditionally a focus of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), the UK’s labour markets now form one of the CMA’s strategic priorities, as outlined in its 2023 to 2024 Annual Plan....more

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EU Commission Report on the Functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation – Considerations for the CLO Market

Key Points - The European Commission (“EU Commission”) has published its report on the functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation which contains the EU Commission’s assessment of a number of key aspects of the...more

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A New Direction for ATAD III Proposal?

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​​​​​​​Further to the request of the European Parliament for concerted EU action, the European Commission issued on 22 December 2021 a proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities...more

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EC Working Paper on Dual Roles in Distribution

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The European Commission (“EC”) has published a Working Paper on dealing with distributors that also act as agents for certain products for the same supplier. The Working Paper is an attempt by the EC to clarify the current...more

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European Commission Report Assesses AIFMD Application and Scope

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The European Commission has published its long awaited report that assesses the application and scope of AIFMD. On 10 June 2020, the European Commission published a report assessing the application and scope of the...more

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The Evolution of E-Money: What Is In A Definition?

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Electronic money or e-money has been subject to regulation in the EU since April 2002 when the first Electronic Money Directive 2000/46/EC (“EMD1”) established the regulatory framework. However, there have been difficulties...more

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EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: EU Commission Confirms Adequacy but Highlights Room for Improvement

On October 23, 2019, the European Commission published its report after its third annual review on the functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield, which became operational in August 2016, details procedures...more

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EU publishes report on competition law issues in syndicated lending

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On 8 April 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a third party report into the impact on competition of syndicated lending (the “Report”). Although there has not been significant competition law...more

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The EU loan syndication impact assessment is out: more competition scrutiny ahead?

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Setting the scene The long anticipated European Commission (DG COMP) report on "EU loan syndication and its impact on competition in credit markets" (see here) has finally been published. The study primarily focuses on the...more

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Competition Policy for the Digital Era: Advisers to the European Commission Recommend Vigorous Enforcement and Adjustments to...

On April 4, 2019, the European Commission published a report1 prepared by three special advisers (the Advisers) appointed by EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to explore how EU competition policy should evolve in...more

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Financial Regulatory Observer – March 2019: FRO in-depth: The future of cryptoassets regulation

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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

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EU Report on Regulatory Sandboxes and Innovation Hubs

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Fulfilling the mandate in the European Commission's March 2018 FinTech Action Plan, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities has published a report on regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs, together...more

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Commission Publishes Study of EU Market in Retail Investment Products

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The Commission shares the results of a 2017 study into the current functioning of European markets for retail investment products. Key Points: ..The European Commission’s Final Report is the result of examining a broad...more

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European Commission Report on Impact of Biosimilars Competition

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The European Commission recently announced a report on the impact of biosimilar competition on price, volume and market share, based on full-year data from 2016. The report, prepared by QuintilesIMS, analyzed six established...more

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European Commission Publishes White Paper on the Future of Europe

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The European Commission published a White Paper on the future of Europe. The White Paper outlines possible drivers of change and scenarios in which the current 27 member states could evolve by 2025...more

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EU Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Publishes Reports in Relation to MiFID II

As discussed in our Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest edition of February 12, 2016, on February 10, the European Commission (the Commission) announced proposals to provide for a one-year extension to the application dates...more

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OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project

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On September 16, 2014, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) released seven reports addressing certain aspects of the base erosion and profit shifting (“BEPS”) project. The seven BEPS reports...more

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