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On January 10, 2024, the Regulator confirmed that its long-awaited new General Code had been finalised and laid before Parliament. It should come into force on March 27, 2024.

This weekly update examines the newly enacted Pension Schemes Act 2026 and The Pensions Regulator's latest annual funding statement, which reveals that approximately 90% of defined benefit schemes are now in surplus on a technical provisions basis. The summary also covers emerging evidence on DC consolidation economies of scale, TPR's five-year corporate strategy consultation, and new HMRC guidance on inheritance tax treatment of unused pension pots.

As London faces the prospect of another in a recent series of tube strikes, trade unions are looking to take further action in the near future in response to the package of public spending cuts that George Osborne set out in his Comprehensive Spending Review.

During my degree I always loved learning about crystallography, as it's a field where simple geometry on a microscopic scale can have big, visible effects.

The EU’s new pesticide rules, if legislated, will reduce crop yields and affect food prices and stock levies. Unfortunately, the UK’s lobbying may not be enough to stop them.

Recent increases in prices and demand threaten to pinch the financial returns of farmers.

Defra’s initiative to tackle water pollution has been extended for three years. The programme has also been enhanced to better meet its objectives.

‘It's the economy, stupid!' This famous statement is said to be a predictor of the outcome of elections. Could having a loose grip of economics help us help our clients?

The UK government plans to give the Bank of England a new secondary objective focused on supporting innovation in payment systems and emerging digital money forms. This regulatory shift aims to balance technological advancement with financial stability, extending the Bank's existing innovation mandate from CCPs and CSDs to systemic payment systems, including those using stablecoins.

Stephen Cork discusses the benefits of Smith & Williamson's presence in North America and Central Europe.

In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks

Stablecoins are a type of cryptoasset designed to maintain a stable value, typically by being linked to a fiat currency. The market has grown rapidly in recent years, with the global stablecoin market capitalisation...

In her blog back in May, Emily Puddifer raised the moral question: "If you took out PPI aware of the terms of the policy, would you complain anyway, knowing that you could receive compensation?"

Directive 2011/7/EU entered into force on 16 March 2011 (the ‘2011 Directive’). EU member states have until 16 March 2013 to implement it.

The publicity around Société Générale’s (SG) ‘rogue trader’ incident in January highlighted the importance of adequate systems and controls to ensure firms protect themselves against the risk of unauthorised trading.

The April edition of The Alternative Investor is out, covering the past month's alternative news, and guest writers share their insights on the growing trend of Retailisation ("Retailization") in private markets.

The government has made new regulations to update the exemptions in the Financial Promotions Order (2005) (the FPO) relating to high net worth individuals and sophisticated investors.