ArticleUK Changes To Pension Transfer Rules Come Into EffectOn June 8, 2015, the FCA published a Policy Statement and final rules on changes to the pension transfer rules.United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Competition And Markets Authority Proposes Further Remedies In Retail Banking Market InvestigationThe CMA's report was originally scheduled for publication in February 2016. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Financial Conduct Authority Seeks Input In Developing Its Future StrategyOn October 26, 2016, the FCA launched a consultation on its approach to regulation. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Government Body On Financial Sanction Implementation EstablishedOn March 31, 2016, a new "Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation" was established within Her Majesty's Treasury, with responsibility for ensuring that sanctions are "properly understood, implemented and enforced in the UK." United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Government Reports On Development Of Application Programming Interface StandardOn 18 March 2015, HM Treasury published a report detailing the outcome to its call for evidence on the benefits of open data and data sharing in banking.United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK High Court Issues Injunction And Penalties For Market AbuseThis is the first time that the FCA has asked the High Court to impose a permanent injunction for market abuse and to impose a penalty. Usually, the FCA would impose any penalty for market abuse.United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Libor Fraud Supreme Court Appeal Application BlockedOn March 8, 2016, London's Court of Appeal refused leave for Tom Hayes' application to the UK Supreme Court to appeal his conviction. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Makes Technical Amendments To Its Ring-Fencing LegislationOn October 28, 2016, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities, Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Order 2016 was published. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Prudential Regulation Authority Amends Pre-Issuance Notification RegimeOn January 29, 2016, the PRA published final rules amending the Pre-Issuance Notification regime. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Regulator Consults On New Rules For Depositor, Dormant Account And Policyholder ProtectionIt also aims to ensure an effective compensation system to eligible depositors, dormant account holders and policyholders. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Regulator Fines Barclays Bank For Financial Crime FailingsOn November 25, 2015, the Financial Conduct Authority fined Barclays Bank plc £72,069,400 for failing to minimize financial crime risks appropriately. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Regulator Publishes Updated Version Of Supervisory Statement On Third-Country Equivalence Aspects Of Credit Risk ProvisionsOn January 23, 2015, the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority published an updated version of its supervisory statement.United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Regulators Remove Certain Rules Under Senior Manager And Certification RegimesOn March 2, 2016, the PRA and the FCA published final rules removing certain requirements under the Senior Manager and Certification Regimes. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Regulators To Investigate Former HBOS Senior ManagersOn January 28, 2016, the PRA and FCA announced that they would be conducting an investigation into certain former senior managers of HBOS plc. United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Ring-Fencing Order Brings Full Regime Into Force From January 2019Restrictions will limit the products that a ring-fenced bank can offer and where it can conduct business.United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleUK Serious Fraud Office Confirms Benchmark Manipulator Sentencing And Will Pursue Retrial Of Bankers For Benchmark ManipulationOn July 19, 2018, the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office announced that two former bankers that had been convicted of conspiracy to defraud for manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) ...United KingdomFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleWe Talk Banking & Finance Podcast: Bonus Crypto Episode – Stablecoins With Jerome Rousselot Of Jita Digitalur latest podcast is a must for anyone interested in digital assets and cryptocurrencies.United KingdomFinance and BankingWalkers
ArticleSupreme Court Confirms No Claim In "Knowing Receipt" Where Claimant's Equitable Interest Extinguished In The Property ReceivedThe Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a decision dismissing a claim brought against a bank in knowing receipt, in circumstances where the claimants' shares...United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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