Enforcement Relief: What New Regulatory Reforms Could Mean for Hospices
The draft Securitisation (Amendment) Regulations 2024 were published on April 22, 2024. In combination with the Securitisation Regulations (S.I. 2024/102), the draft Regulations will provide the U.K.'s new regulatory...more
In July 2021, HM Treasury published the Wholesale Markets Review consultation (WMR), which included proposals to reform the U.K.’s secondary markets framework. There was broad support for reforms to (a) modify the ancillary...more
Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more
On 6 October 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Mints & ors v PJSC National Bank Trust & anor [2023] EWCA 1332. The judgment confirmed that the UK’s sanctions do not preclude the English courts...more
On 28 September, HM Treasury (the Treasury) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published consultation papers on the proposed near-term reforms to ring-fencing measures... The Treasury also published its response to...more
Government plans to add more flexibility to the regime, but its long-term future remains undecided. On 28 September 2023, HM Treasury published further papers in relation to the planned reform of the UK bank ring-fencing...more
The proposals would give the Bank of England wide-ranging powers to deal with acute failure scenarios, treating policyholder liabilities as loss-absorbing. HM Treasury (HMT) is proposing1 a new UK resolution regime for...more
This edition covers upcoming reforms to the UK listing regime, the FCA’s Primary Market Bulletin 44, the launch of a review into the UK investment research landscape, the PLSA’s 2023 Stewardship and Voting Guidelines, and...more
The changes indicate a more dynamic and flexible UK prospectus regime with the FCA to play a central role through enhanced rule-making powers. On 1 March 2022, the UK government (through HM Treasury (HMT)) announced the...more
Proposals signal that the UK government is willing to diverge significantly from EU rules. On 1 July 2021, HM Treasury published a consultation on its Wholesale Markets Review....more
The Penrose Report to the UK Government recommending wholesale reform to the UK’s competition regime is a paean to the power of deregulation and increased competition to drive economic growth and beneficial consumer outcomes....more