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The Supreme Court this week handed down its seminal judgment in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc [2023] UKSC 25, considering the application of the so-called Quincecare duty to the victim ...

There are now less than 2 months to go before the sustainability changes to EU MiFID apply. These will have far reaching consequences for distribution chains and suitability assessments...

The June edition of The Alternative Investor is out, covering the past month's alternative news, and with focus on the rapidly evolving landscape of Crypto and Digital investing.

"There are a number of dynamics in the changing role of finance that are putting particular pressure on talent management for CFOs."

On 9 December 2022, HM Treasury announced a series of proposals to amend the existing financial services regulatory framework in the UK, referred to as the "Edinburgh Reforms".

The European Banking Authority (EBA) approved the draft regulatory technical standard (RTS) on the definition of material risk takers (MRTs) which will apply to all firms under the scope of the CRD IV.

In our latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Partner Matthew Gregory and Senior Associate Joe Bamford share their thoughts on the FCA's recently launched call for input on its review of its requirements following the introduction of the Consumer Duty.

Meeting the global challenge of local accounting and tax compliance.

Just under a year after it was introduced in Parliament, the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2023 received royal assent on 29 June 2023.

On December 2, 2016, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a white paper proposing to grant a new federal "special purpose" national bank charter to financial technology companies operating in the United States.

Following the high profile issues in 2019 affecting open-ended investment funds, the potential risks arising from a liquidity mis-match where the fund's assets are not sufficiently

The Mortgage Market Review will bring a number of substantial changes to the mortgage industry, such as removal of non-advised sales process.

At present platforms cannot cope well with some of the older investment plans and the only option would be to surrender the plan which might not be in a client's interests.

The building society sector remains broad in its coverage and there are a large number of profitable and well capitalised societies of varying size with strong local links and brand presence.

On January 4, the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") published guidance on the application and supplementary forms that should be submitted by firms requesting a Financial Groups Directive waiver.

A thorough review of the SMCR is expected to take place in early 2023.

On 25 June 2018, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority and the Prudential Authority published a joint communication which sets out the status of all directives, board notices, insurance notices...