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speciality finance series
11 Aug 2022 Consumer Duty Rules for Specialist Lending Businesses: What does this mean for me?
Find out what the new UK Consumer Duty Rules for Specialist Lending Businesses means for you and your business
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financial regulation update
09 Aug 2022 Don't fall asleep at the wheel, FCA financial promotion restrictions will (eventually) apply to cryptoassets
In PS22/10 the FCA published its final rules restricting the promotion of high risk investments including cryptoassets to mass retail clients.
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governance & Compliance update
04 Aug 2022 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update - Issue 24
Welcome to the twenty-fourth Ashurst Governance & Compliance (AGC) update, the aim of which is to keep you and your board on top of the latest developments.
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finance regulatory
03 Aug 2022 Post-Brexit Bonanza: The Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022-23
On 20 July 2022, the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022-23 was introduced to Parliament and had its first reading in the House of Commons. The Bill,…
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finance regulatory
29 Jul 2022 Consumer Duty: Final rules have landed (and not much has changed)
On 27 July 2022, the FCA set out final rules (in PS 22/9) in relation to the new Consumer Duty, together with supporting guidance. PS22/9 reflected an…
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finance regulatory
28 Jul 2022 Pushing the boundaries? Changes to providing financial services into the UK may be about to become harder
The FCA has published its periodic Perimeter Report. It sets out financial issues that fall outside its perimeter. It can be summarised as there isn’t a…
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Governance and compliance update
28 Jul 2022 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update - Issue 23
Welcome to the twenty-third Ashurst Governance & Compliance (AGC) update, the aim of which is to keep you and your board on top of the latest developments.
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digital economy and risk advisory update
26 Jul 2022 Ransomware: To pay or not to pay
Authors: Rhiannon Webster (Partner and Head of UK Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice), Will Chalk (Partner, Corporate Transactions), John Macpherson…
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data bytes | 35
21 Jul 2022 Significant change is on the horizon: UK Data Protection Law Reform - our top 5 insights
Many of you may also have heard the Commissioner, John Edwards, being interviewed on the Today programme on 14 July where he spoke of his desire to empower…
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Risk advisory and digital economy update
19 Jul 2022 Mandatory cyber incident reporting now live for Australia's critical infrastructure
Cyber security incident reporting now applies for Australian critical infrastructure and should be immediately built into incident response plans.
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Finance regulatory
18 Jul 2022 FCA sets out next steps in relation to UK MIFID: Consultation Paper CP 22/12
On 5 July 2022, the FCA issued Consultation paper: Improving Equity Secondary Markets (CP 22/12). This follows on from the Wholesale Markets Review (WMR)…
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governance and compliance update
18 Jul 2022 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update - Issue 22
The development of guidance to address issues set out in the government response, subject to that guidance meeting the bar set by Sir John Kingman – i e that…
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corporate crime and investigations
05 Jul 2022 Heightened focus on Australian sanctions: Ensuring your sanctions compliance systems remain "fit for purpose"
This update provides a high-level guide to the Australian sanctions framework, including key features of Australian sanctions laws, who needs to comply with…
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GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE UPDATE
29 Jun 2022 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update - Issue 21
Welcome to the twenty-first Ashurst Governance & Compliance (AGC) update, the aim of which is to keep you and your board on top of the latest developments.
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finance regulatory
22 Jun 2022 HM Treasury Response to consultation: Regulation of Buy-Now Pay-Later
The Government has issued a response to its October 2021 consultation on the regulation of Buy-Now-Pay-Later ("BNPL"). The key takeaway is that the Government…
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digital assets digest
20 Jun 2022 Digital Assets Digest: June edition
John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury cited FCA June 2021 research in which the FCA reported that 4 per cent of UK adults currently hold…
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Class Actions Update
20 Jun 2022 Back to the future: Funded class actions are not managed investment schemes
The Full Federal Court has reversed its previous ruling that funded class actions are managed investment schemes under the Corporations Act. Following the…
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Australia | Financial Services
16 Jun 2022 Mid-year update: Australian Financial Services in 2022
Ashurst’s 2022 Australian Financial Services Timeline sets out the key dates you should be aware of.
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Quickguides | international arbitration
15 Jun 2022 Third Party Funding in International Arbitration
In this Quickguide we explain what third party funding is and the practicalities of securing it, and then go on to outline the issues it gives rise to.
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Finance regulatory
13 Jun 2022 Operational resilience: UK proposals to “regulate” critical third party service providers in similar move to EU DORA
On 8 June 2022 HM Treasury published a policy statement on a new regime to mitigate the risk of what the Treasury considers to be critical third parties in…
