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financial services speedread
24 NOV 2020 Financial Services SpeedRead: 24 November 2020
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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financial regulation
13 NOV 2020 The Absolutely Incredible Fear Mongering Directive: ESMA tells regulators to increase sanctions for AIFMD breaches
On 12 November 2020, EMSA published a first-of-its-kind report on the penalties and measures imposed by EU regulators under AIFMD and the UCITS Directive.
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financial regulation
12 NOV 2020 AIFMD: ESMA pushes for "equivalence" with UK ... just not Brexit related!
ESMA released a consultation paper on 10 November 2020: Guidelines on marketing communications under the Regulation on cross-border distribution of funds.
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financial services speedread
10 NOV 2020 Financial Services SpeedRead: 10 November 2020
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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UK financial Regulatory update
06 NOV 2020 Thought Leadership: Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions
We invite you to read the October 2020 edition of the Thomson Reuters Compliance Officer Bulletin prepared by Ashurst Financial Regulatory team members...
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Financial regulation
28 OCT 2020 EU Finreg Tracker
The Ashurst EU Finreg Tracker outlines upcoming EU financial regulatory initiatives, summarising key features of the developments.
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financial services speedread
27 OCT 2020 Financial Services SpeedRead: 27 October 2020
In this edition of the Ashurst Fortnightly Financial Services SpeedRead we cover: ...
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financial regulation
13 OCT 2020 10 things you need to know about the EU commission's ambitious four year strategy for the payments sector
On 24 September 2020, the European Commission adopted a new Digital Finance Package, including Digital Finance and Retail Payments Strategies, and legislative...
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financial regulation
13 OCT 2020 Eye-catching changes proposed to MiFID transaction reporting and financial reference data
ESMA has launched its consultation paper reviewing investment firms transaction reporting requirements and financial instrument reference data. The report...
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financial regulation
07 OCT 2020 10 things you need to know about MiCA: Europe's proposals for regulating crypto assets
On 24 September 2020, the European Commission published its proposed regulation on markets in crypto assets (MiCA), which forms part of a wider set of...
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financial regulation
06 OCT 2020 FCA ban on Retail cryptoasset derivatives/ETN's
What has happened? The FCA has banned the sale, marketing and distribution to retail clients of derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) that reference...
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financial regulation
06 OCT 2020 ...and we have lift off: the EU Digital Finance Strategy
On 24 September, the European Commission published its Digital Finance Strategy (alongside a package of other proposals summarised in our briefing). Like...
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financial regulation
01 OCT 2020 The FCA's Harms-Led Approach to International Financial Institutions
The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP20/20) setting out its approach to firms seeking authorisation in the UK, both EEA (from January 2021) and...
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financial regulation
25 SEP 2020 European Commission papers on digital finance
Authors: Bradley Rice and Bisola Williams
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UK financial regulation update
17 SEP 2020 FCA probes at issues in the consumer investment market
On 15 September 2020 the FCA published a Call for Input ("CFI") focussing on the consumer investment market. This is a market that the FCA considers is...
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NEWS BRIEFING
27 JUL 2020 Government proposes to regulate crypto-asset advertisements
The Government has published a consultation paper proposing to bring the promotion of unregulated cryptoassets within the financial promotion rules. ...
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covid-19
24 MAR 2020 UK Update
On 19 March 2020, in a guidance, the UK government asked parents to keep their children at home. However, schools are to remain open for children whose...
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Financial regulation
05 MAR 2020 FCA's paper with a purpose
The FCA has today published the first discussion paper of 2020 (DP20/1) comprising a series of essays on the topic of culture (again).
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client briefing
18 FEB 2020 MiFID II REFIT is here....
The European Commission has launched a survey consultation on MiFID II which has questions that many market participants will be interested in. The reason...
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libor transition update
11 FEB 2020 The end of LIBOR - Regulatory Challenges
1.1 The transition from LIBOR to alternative risk-free rates is one of the City's key agenda items for 2020. Although LIBOR's cessation date is 31 December...
