The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
Fintech Focus Podcast | Managing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment
Fintech Focus Podcast | Growing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment
The Standard Formula Podcast | Dissecting the Solvency Capital Requirement
The Standard Formula Podcast | Investment Rules for Insurers and Reinsurers
Fintech Focus Podcast | Are Regulators Dictating Fintech Deal Terms?
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding the UK’s Matching Adjustment Regime
The Standard Formula Podcast | Group Supervision Under Solvency II
Fierce Competition Podcast | Letter From London: The Rise of UK Class Actions and the Competition Appeal Tribunal
The Standard Formula Podcast | Developments on the Horizon for the UK Change-in-Control Regulatory Regime
JONES DAY TALKS®: Class Actions Worldview Guide: Part 1–The United States and European Union
Season 2 Episode 5- Defense Trade Down Under
Cornerstone Research Connects: The CAT Judgment in Trucks
The Standard Formula Podcast | The Edinburgh Reforms: Big Bang 2.0 or Thoughtful Change?
Life with GDPR - The ABB Enforcement Action from a UK Perspective
Life with GDPR - Changes to UK Data Protection Regime
Life with GDPR - Clearview AI Fine by the ICO
The UK GDPR Children’s Code
Life with GDPR - Data Transfers from EU/UK to US
The Compliance Kitchen - UK’s Second Wave of Sanctions on Russia
Long IT sub-contracting chains can make it hard for financial institutions to understand the vulnerabilities in their IT estate and the location of key functions (where these may be located in entities who do not have a...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its key findings, good practices and areas for improvement following a review of how principal firms are meeting the FCA's enhanced appointed representative rules that were...more
With under six months to go until the European Union Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) becomes applicable on 17 January 2025, DORA implementation projects are running full steam ahead. DORA lays down uniform...more
The Cayman Islands is now set to be removed from the EU anti-money laundering (AML) list. This action follows the decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) monitoring group on 27 October 2023 and subsequent removal...more
With so many new, emerging risks coming to the forefront, ACI is excited to announce our Digital Assets Compliance: AML, Sanctions and Regulatory Oversight. Unlike other conferences, this highly anticipated event stands apart...more
In the context of a year that has seen record levels of volatility, the FCA has set out in its Business Plan for 2023/24 how it plans to tackle regulating firms with a view to delivering on its objectives of: ensuring markets...more
Introduction - In this Onpoint, we report on the recent discussion paper: “Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector – working together to drive change” (DP21/2) (the Discussion Paper) recently issued by the Bank of...more
New regulations in the British Virgin Islands are transforming the offshore centre into an international fintech hub — and African companies could benefit. Originally Published in African Legal....more
One year on from Australia's Royal Commission on Banking - The report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Report), was published one year ago....more
Late last week, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), the United Kingdom’s financial services regulator, imposed a $1.2 million (896,100 pound) fine on the UK division of India’s Canara Bank, an Indian state-owned bank,...more
It has now been two months since the PRA opened a consultation on the eligibility of unfunded guarantees as a form of credit risk mitigation for banks. The consultation will remain open for responses for two and a half more...more
On 15 June 2017, the FCA revealed that 31 firms have been admitted into the second cohort of its regulatory sandbox. The sandbox was launched last year as part of the FCA's Project Innovate and creates a "safe space" for...more
Looking back at the major changes since his last report 5 years ago, Andy Davis concluded on Monday evening that P2P platforms have "changed the game for small businesses, investors and regulators" in the UK, as he launched...more
In a speech that was ostensibly on the progress of the Capital Markets Union, Steven Maijoor, the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") announced, that ESMA is planning possible measures to avoid a...more
Financial institutions are increasingly no stranger to innovative technology as a way to boost their efficiency while cutting costs. The use of RegTech (defined by the UK Chief Scientific Adviser as technology "applied to...more
Funds Bulletin (a monthly round-up of topical legal, regulatory and tax issues affecting the fund industry). Features our summary of the FSCP's position paper on the impact of Brexit on financial services consumers, as well...more
On the morning of 2 March 2017 the FCA published PS 17/3 (the “Policy Statement”), its response to feedback on its proposals regarding the handing of Payment Protection Insurance (“PPI“) mis-selling complaints. The FCA’s...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
Shareholders have accused Under Armour of “concealing the impact” of Sports Authority’s bankruptcy from investors in order to artificially inflate its stock price. The suit comes on the heels of a disastrous Q4 for UA, in...more
Hogan Lovells has collaborated with TheCityUK and The City of London Corporation's co-sponsored International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG), to launch a new report looking at the options for Financial Institutions in the...more
Welcome to the Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter. In this monthly publication we provide an overview of the most recent payments, regulatory and market developments from major jurisdictions around the world as well as...more
- AXA Prevails at First Post-Jones v. Harris Excessive Fee Trial - Potential Secondary Effects of Regulatory Examinations: Evidentiary Issues and Preclusion in Parallel Litigation - On The Horizon: Global...more
A federal judge in Idaho has dismissed a $24 billion lawsuit against Credit Suisse alleging that the bank and real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield ran a “predatory loan-to-own scheme that . . . loaded four luxury ski and...more
A lawsuit over an alleged Ponzi scheme involving a fund pushed by MetLife agents is raising hard questions for the insurance giant over the reaches of corporate liability...more
This is the third in our series of "Brexit Bites" which focuses on Financial Services. Much of the regulation of financial services in the UK is governed by EU law. This includes the regulation of banks, broker-dealers,...more