On 8 May 2025, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a Consultation Paper (CP11/25) on withdrawing Supervisory Statement (SS) 20/15...

The term sheet has been signed, first stage credit is complete and now it's over to the lawyers. Straightforward and the timetable is going to be hit, no problem? Enter the conditions precedent checklist.

On 5 August 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a final report on the ‘draft regulatory technical standards on the calculation and aggregation of crypto exposure values...

On 22 May 2025, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a policy statement on Pillar 2A SME and infrastructure lending adjustments.

The move is necessary to update the current EPOS system, which uses older technologies. The new cloud-based system will improve the customer experience, increase efficiency, and provide more streamlined processing.

With its extensive experience in agency law, Addleshaw Goddard's Commercial team has been closely monitoring the Department for Business and Trade's consultation...

How did strategic mergers and acquisitions shape the Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, and Retail & Consumer sectors in 2024? And what are the expectations for these sectors moving into 2025?

In the recent case of Century Property (Leeds) Ltd v Eville & Jones (Group) Ltd the High Court made an order requiring a member to take a lump sum from his SIPP...

In Phillips v National Grid Gas Plc, the High Court has ruled that a member's claim was time-barred.

A recent Pensions Ombudsman decision regarding a transfer value paid in 2014 will be of interest to trustees of occupational pension schemes.

The Pensions Ombudsman has dismissed a complaint by the husband of a deceased Local Government Pension Scheme member, upholding the council's decision to pay the lump sum death benefit to the member's adult daughter...

A recent Deputy Pensions Ombudsman (DPO) decision has considered the question of which individuals have a statutory right to a transfer value from an occupational pension scheme.

On 18 July 2025, the Bank of England published a policy statement on Fundamental Rules for Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs). These rules, effective from 18 July 2026, outline the high-level outcomes...

On 31 March 2025, the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) published several Regulations containing Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and Implementing Technical Standards (ITS)...

On 24 March 2025, the European Banking Authority's (EBA) published a press release announcing its updated methodology for the assessment of third countries' equivalence with the regulatory...

In this edition, we discuss latest developments in the UK and EU banking and investment regulation.

On 5 March 2025 the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a consultation paper on its proposals to raise the retail deposits leverage ratio threshold, increasing it to £70 billion...

On 17 January 2025, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a press release announcing that, in consultation with HM Treasury...

The Government has paused major Landfill Tax reforms, retaining the current two-rate system and key exemptions, which is positive news for the construction, recycling, and waste management sectors.

The qualifying conditions for Business Asset Disposal Relief are well-known, yet in three recent cases the taxpayer failed to meet the conditions and relief was denied.