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
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Recent legislative developments in the United Kingdom, public remarks from the new director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and recent parliamentary hearings on the Post Office Horizon scandal put a spotlight on...more
The UK’s long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill, published this week, brings in a new antitrust regime for Big Tech in the UK. The Bill provides statutory footing and powers for a new body, the...more
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has updated its ‘enforcement and monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions’ guidance, which was last updated in June 2022. ...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its Final Report and draft Regulatory Technical Standards amending the cash penalty process for cleared transactions under the EU Central Securities Depositories...more
In this episode, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Helen Marshall and white collar defense and government investigations practice co-head Michael Asaro look at SEC and FCA’s annual reports to discuss similarities,...more
In October 2020 the FCA issued a Final Notice to Asia Research and Capital Management Ltd (ARCM). The FCA found that between 22 February 2017 and 3 December 2019, ARCM failed to make a number of notifications to the FCA and...more
Yesterday the FCA has published its final report on its market study into general insurance pricing practices. The proposals include significant reforms including banning the so-called loyalty penalty, to prevent consumers...more
On 7 October 2019, the Council of the European Union formally adopted a new Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. The Directive was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on...more
The FCA found that three asset managers breached competition law by sharing information in relation to securities offerings. Key Points: ..The decision gives market participants some helpful indications as to what kinds...more
There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more
2 August - The UK Competition and Markets Authority announced a consultation on proposed revisions to its published guidance on penalty setting in Competition Act 1998 cases....more
Lord Justice Leveson approved Tesco Store Limited’s (“Tesco”) Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) on 10 April 2017, making them the fourth company since November 2015 to enter into a DPA with the UK’s1 Serious Fraud Office...more
The FCA and PRA announced changes to enforcement process with the aim of strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of enforcement decision-making processes. Some of the changes have already come into force, the rest...more
What do a moving company and a hospital association have in common? The False Claims Act (FCA). The American Hospital Association along with the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Pharmaceutical Research and...more
On December 11, the FCA published a final notice to Lloyds Banking Group in which it was fined a record GBP £28 million. The fine was imposed for “serious failings” in its sales practices, the largest UK regulatory penalty...more
Alternative investment fund managers based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who wish to market their alternative investment funds (AIFs) to European investors are rightly concerned about additional restrictions and...more
On July 24, the FCA published the final notice that it issued to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. (together, RBS) on July 16....more