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The private credit market has reached a critical inflection point in 2026, with $1.8tn in global assets under management creating both unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges.

In July last year, the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel (Panel) issued a consultation paper dealing with pension scheme trustee issues.

This article considers our views on how certain macroeconomic developments may impact the private capital industry in terms of fundraising and deployment.

How can private debt offer investors an opportunity to positively contribute to a sustainable economy?...

Welcome to the March 2011 edition of Banking and Capital Markets Insight, which focuses on technical issues currently coming out of the banking, capital markets, securities and fund management arenas.

Observers of, and aspiring participants in, the UK stablecoin market have needed deep wells of patience. In case this has slipped readers' minds

The Court of Appeal has upheld the validity of Banco de Portugal's exercise of its resolution powers, overturning last year's decision of the High Court...

The Corporate Recovery & Insolvency Act 2020 became law on 26 June 2020. It contains some temporary provisions required as a result of COVID-19 and some permanent provisions that have been in the offing ...

Financial abuse, also known as economic abuse, is a serious form of domestic abuse that affects many people across the UK.

According to our annual Financial Services Survey, City firms are uncertain about the future for the first time in five years. They believe the tax system inhibits business, and they are struggling to keep up with regulatory change

Interpreting the results of our second annual Debt Confidence Survey has been challenging given the current turmoil in the global debt markets that emanated from issues in the US sub-prime market.

On 18 March 2009, Lord Turner published his review, alongside the accompanying Financial Services Authority (FSA) discussion paper, of the regulation of banks and bank-like institutions in response to the financial crisis which has besieged the global economy.

On 21 July 2011, the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel ("Panel") published the detailed rule changes to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("Code") implementing changes which it first proposed last year.

A consultation paper published by the FSA at the end of last year set out proposals on liquidity requirements. We look at the implications these new requirements will have on ‘applicable firms’.

Islamic finance is now the Buzz Topic in the City of London. While the Middle East’s economies thrive and prosper, the enormous funds generated are seeking the best opportunities for investment the markets can offer. The Chancellor, Gordon Brown - perhaps the next Prime Minister- has been key to the debate; last month, he announced in his budget that Sukuk were to be given equivalent tax treatment to traditional interest-bearing bonds.

In response to a financial crisis of historic proportions, regulators around the world adopted short-term emergency measures in 2008, frequently involving restrictions on short selling of securities, to stabilize financial markets and restore investor confidence.

Note: because it is expected that a General Election will be a called for 6 May it is likely that the Budget statement will be followed by a short Finance Bill enacting the minimum of measures, and followed by another Bill containing the rest of the measures should Labour win the election.