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Last week the EBA released a discussion paper (DP) setting out possible options for a new prudential regime for investment firms, particularly those that are not deemed "systemic and bank-like".

The UK's competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has rarely been out of the news in recent months, mostly in relation to criticism of its approach to merger control, the decision by the UK Government to replace its Chair and the agency's promise in turn to enact root-and-branch reform.

It is important to understand the security around the asset and also the corporate structure, as this would determine how the disposal should be structured.

In Aqua Leisure International Limited v Benchmark Leisure Limited the TCC determined that a settlement agreement which is expressed to be 'subject to contract' will only be binding when...

Leeds, Leeds, Leeds: in this Mergerspresso, Rosanna Bryant and Simon Wood summarise the Leeds Reforms in the time it takes to make your coffee - the reforming roadmap to ensure that UK Financial Services...

The FCA has issued feedback on the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC) consultation on the design of the future open banking entity (the Future Entity).

Edward Craft, partner at Wedlake Bell, argues that the Alternative Investment Market is back on form.

Reconciliation Phase II (Phase II) is to go live in April 2026 for EU EMIR and September 2026 for UK EMIR.

The LSE is establishing a new service aimed at helping smaller quoted companies to improve investor understanding and promote liquidity.

We have advised on a number of significant asset-based lending transactions in Scotland in the past 12 months.

There are always going to be successes and failures as a result of the pandemic, and major funds players are watching the market closely.

Key Facts: Number of companies trading on AIM as at 30 September 2011 – 1,156; Total funds raised on AIM in 3 months to 30 September 2011 – £685m; Number of companies trading on Main Market as at 30 September 2011 – 1,402; and Total funds raised on Main Market in 3 months to 30 September 2011 – £1,059m.

Continuation funds have cemented their position in the private capital ecosystem. The growth of the continuation fund market and the increase in both scale and complexity of these transactions..

Following a tough third quarter for world markets and escalating problems in the eurozone, Philip Lawlor looks at where we go from here.

Institutions holding non-performing loans ("<strong>NPLs</strong>") have been and continue to be, under increasing pressure to divest these and "clean up" their balance sheets in order to free up capital, de-risk and preserve market reputation.

For many Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses, maintaining rapid growth momentum in respective addressable markets is paramount.

Indeed, a client may well spend a considerable amount more pursuing the debt than they are even likely to recover.