Fintech Focus Podcast | Sanctions Compliance: Regulators Set Their Sights on Fintechs
Sanctions Compliance: Regulators Set Their Sights on Fintechs
Fintech Focus Podcast | The UK Fintech Investment Landscape
The Standard Formula Podcast | Developments on the Horizon for the UK Change-in-Control Regulatory Regime
Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more
The Private Markets Update highlights key developments emerging from private markets across Europe, the UK and the United States, exploring the cross-border issues that matter to investors and sponsors in alternative assets. ...more
Last month, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it is considering new procedures under which it would publicly identify firms that are under investigation as soon as the investigation has been...more
Welcome to the third edition of our Horizon Scan, where we focus on some of the principal recent and expected developments and changes that we expect to be of interest to those in the private funds and investment management...more
While there are a number of ways in which organizations may become aware of potential wrongdoing internally, perhaps the most significant for its legal and compliance teams is internal reporting, or “whistleblowing,” by...more
With more fintech’s looking to expand their businesses internationally, it can be daunting to navigate varying regulations across borders. This article focuses on regulations in the United Kingdom....more
Juggling conversations with multiple enforcement agencies simultaneously in the course of a cross-border anticorruption investigation can be a difficult and daunting task for legal and compliance teams. Getting it right can...more
It has been a period rife with notable shifts on the global stage; a new administration in the US, the end of the Brexit transition period and the reaching of key milestones in the discontinuation of LIBOR, to name but a few....more
The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") published its Regulatory Digest for August 2018 in which it highlighted key regulatory news including reference to a new insurer start-up unit ("NISU") that the PRA and the...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Reminds Members of Obligations Related to OTC Securities Quoted by a Filed Form 211 - On September 24, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a Regulatory Notice (Notice)...more
A compact summary of the most recent regulatory developments relevant to the UK asset management industry. This issue includes details of the FCA’s statement on the implementation period for Brexit; the requirement for firms...more
In a decision with significant implications for cross-border criminal and regulatory investigations in both the UK and U.S., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently overturned two convictions for...more
This case, from the U.S. Federal Appeals Court, considers the applicability of the Fifth Amendment’s privilege against self-incrimination in relation to testimony compelled by a foreign government, on the present facts the...more
Today’s global investigations frequently involve the cooperation of many government agencies in multiple countries. On July 18, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down a decision creating a major...more
In a decision likely to cause global reverberations in the realm of cross-border enforcement, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has vacated the convictions and indictment in the first US criminal appeal related...more
CFTC Announces Proposal to Amend the Definition of "Material Terms" - On September 10, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Division announced that it will publish in the Federal Register a proposed amendment to...more