16 Jul, 2024 Challenge or chance: What does MiCA mean for your crypto-asset business? By Hannah Meakin Floortje Nagelkerke Anna Carrier Businesses should not be underestimating achieving MiCA (the European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) compliance. It will not be...
01 Jul, 2024 The UAE's financial services sector: Can Project mBridge accelerate digital transformation? By Matthew Shanahan The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has successfully launched the Project mBridge Minimum Viable Product platform for early adopters. The...
24 Jun, 2024 The Labour manifesto: Were there any surprises for financial services regulation? By Jonathan Herbst The basic answer is no as we expected. Manifestos are usually high level and give a sense of direction and this manifesto largely...
24 Jun, 2024 No change or all change: Labour's Proposals By Jonathan Herbst The general election in the UK has now been called. There is a general view within the market that if the Labour party comes to power in...
24 Jun, 2024 Continuity or change? What party manifestos could mean for UK financial services policy By Jonathan Herbst Simon Lovegrove This article first appeared in Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence. Political party manifestos are usually high-level to give a sense...
23 May, 2024 Filling in the gaps: Amended call-in statement and further market guidance for the UK National Security and Investment Act By Ian Giles It’s great to see the UK government came good on the promise in its recent response to the “call for evidence” on the NSI regime that it...
07 May, 2024 Does research pay? The FCA’s latest proposals on payment optionality for investment research By Jonathan Herbst The link between increased generation of investment research and the competitiveness of the UK’s capital markets is widely accepted -...
18 Apr, 2024 Readiness for MiCA: Local consistency with European rules is a key success factor By Sebastien Praicheux With the MiCA regulation coming into force at the end of this year, it is key that local regulations adapt at an accelerated pace to...
17 Apr, 2024 China's latest data governance regulation: Up for a brighter future? By Jeremy Lua The publication of the Provisions on Promoting and Regulating Cross Border Data Flow (the Data Export Relaxation Provisions) by the...
07 Nov, 2023 New competition rules for digital markets are firmly on the horizon, but how will they look? By Ian Giles New competition rules for digital markets were referenced in the recent King's Speech this week. This is important and long-awaited...
27 Oct, 2023 LMA publishes EURIBOR fallback wording By Davide Barzilai It has taken quite some time to put together, but on 26 October 2023, LMA published an exposure draft of the Term €STR fallback for...
03 Oct, 2023 Legal Geek 2023 preview: GenAI's impact on the legal industry By Bernhard Fiedler As I prepare to attend this year's Legal Geek conference, I find myself eagerly anticipating the discussions surrounding GenAI, a topic...