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FINANCE SERVICES SPREEDREAD
08 Jun 2023 Financial Services SpeedRead: 8 July Edition
Financial Markets 1. FCA: New regime for public offers and admission to trading On 5 May 2023, the FCA updated its webpage on the new regime for public…
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GLOBAL MARKETS UPDATE
08 Jun 2023 A step towards fixing close-out notice provisions: ISDA publishes amendments to permit e-mail delivery of default and termination notices and align treatment of English and New York law CSAs
ISDA publishes amendments to permit e-mail delivery of Section 5 and 6 notices and align treatment of English and New York law CSAs
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ESG UPDATE
31 May 2023 Modern Slavery Reporting Laws to Gain Teeth - What You Need To Know
On 25 May 2023, a government report was tabled recommending that the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) be amended to require a broader group of businesses to…
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FINANCE REGULATORY
31 May 2023 MiFID III arrives as the Retail Investment Package is unveiled
Article on European Commission's 2023 Retail Investments Strategy consisting on an Omnibus Directive amending MiFID, IDD, Solvency II, UCITS Directive and…
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RSSG UPDATE
30 May 2023 HMRC Fights Back:Two Restructuring Plans Refused Sanction by the English Court
In a dramatic reversal of restructuring plan fortunes, HRMC recently successfully challenged two independent mid-market Part 26A Companies Act 2006…
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DIGITAL ECONOMY AND RISK UPDATE
29 May 2023 Typhoon Warning – an urgent cyber warning from international cyber agencies
Volt Typhoon is actively and successfully targeting US critical infrastructure providers – and the "Five Eyes" group of nations (US, AU, NZ, UK, CAN) warn…
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Contentious Financial Services Update
24 May 2023 SMCR Reform Five important changes that need to be made to the UK personal accountability regime
HMT, the PRA and FCA published a call for evidence and discussion regarding the effectiveness of SMCR. We set out five important changes that should be made…
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Employment alert
23 May 2023 Between a rock and a hard place - When is a resignation voluntary or forced?
What you need to know: The Fair Work Commission has recently determined a series of unfair dismissal cases where employees have claimed they were forced…
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GLOBal Markets UpdATE
22 May 2023 EU EMIR: ECB responds to proposed EMIR 3.0
What has happened?On 28 April 2023, the European Central Bank published its Opinion on the European Commission's proposed reforms to EU EMIR1 , commonly…
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Financial Services Update
22 May 2023 Government announces buy now, pay later products to be regulated as credit products
On 22 May 2023, in an address to the Responsible Lending & Borrowing Summit, the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services announced that the…
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contentious financial services update
19 May 2023 Workplace bullying – the next #MeToo?
With multiple generations of employees working together, there is scope for disagreement over the boundaries of acceptable behaviour. We explore this…
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contentious financial services update
12 May 2023 Consultation, co-operation and carrots - what do the PRA's new proposals mean for enforcement?
The PRA announced plans to speed up its enforcement processes, including an eye-catching proposal to offer bigger discounts on financial penalties of up to…
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Strategic Governance and Advisory Client Alert
10 May 2023 Continuous disclosure during a cyberattack: a difficult problem requiring a practical solution
Complying with continuous disclosure obligations can be difficult at the best of times for listed entities and even more so when details of the event…
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digital assets digest
09 May 2023 Digital Assets Digest: May 2023
Welcome to this month's Global Digital Assets Digest. In this edition we cover developments in relation to the digital euro, as well as developments in…
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Dispute Resolution Update
08 May 2023 What's in an assignment - are pre-existing claims included?
Billabong Gold Pty Ltd v Vango Mining Ltd [No 2] [2023] WASCA 58
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contentious financial services update
05 May 2023 Agency and authority in Hong Kong: Quincecare duty in the Court of Final Appeal
A Quincecare judgment from Lord Sumption in Hong Kong puts "on inquiry" into commercial context while the limitation arguments add risk for banks
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financial services speedread
04 May 2023 Financial Services SpeedRead: 4 May 2023 edition
Welcome to the latest edition of the Financial Services SpeedRead, a collection of bite-sized updates designed to help you keep on top of key regulatory…
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Corporate Crime and Investigations
02 May 2023 Australia consults on simplification of AML/CTF laws and Tranche 2 reforms
The Australian Government is consulting on reform to AML/CTF laws, including Tranche 2 reforms and inclusion of gate-keeper professions, and simplification of…
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Contentious Financial Services Update
02 May 2023 Whistleblowing update - enhanced protections on the horizon
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) have secured their first conviction of an individual linked to a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) since the DPA regime was…
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GLOBAL MARKETS UPDATE
28 Apr 2023 UK extends UK EMIR intragroup and pension scheme exemptions
On 27 April 2023, HM Treasury published The Pension Fund Clearing Obligation Exemption and Intragroup Transaction Transitional Clearing and Risk-Management…
