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governance & Compliance update
29 Mar 2023 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update – Issue 34
QCA to update its code of governance To mark 10 years of the QCA Corporate Governance Code, the Quoted Companies Alliance has published a report…
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Hong Kong Legal Update
27 Mar 2023 New path for technology companies to list in Hong Kong
HKEX recently released its consultation conclusions on the listing of specialist technology companies, allowing eligible companies to list under Chapter 18C…
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contentious financial services update
24 Mar 2023 Is enforcement action on the horizon for failed disclosures? FCA warning for ESG benchmarks
We look at the implications of the FCA's latest Dear CEO letter to ESG benchmark administrators, and what may be next in terms of the FCA's regulatory agenda.
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Global Markets Update
23 Mar 2023 Benchmark administrators warned to improve ESG disclosure
On 20 March 2023, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Dear CEO letter to benchmark administrators, entitled "ESG Benchmarks Review". In the…
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international arbitration update
22 Mar 2023 Good deals gone bad - lessons learned from recent M&A disputes
Dispute resolution partner Michael Weatherley and team provide an introduction to the types of disputes that commonly arise in a cross-border M&A context,…
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Legal update
21 Mar 2023 Innovation in biotechnology is driven by automatization and AI
When Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, wrote a Wall Street Journal essay in 2011, he left us the quote: "Software is eating the world". More…
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thin capitalisation changes
21 Mar 2023 Exposure Draft Legislation for the New Thin Capitalisation Regime
To take an example, if mark to market gains on assets are recognised for accounting purposes, the group ratio will be lower (where there are such gains) than…
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Litigation Trending
20 Mar 2023 A more flexible approach to representative actions? An opt-out representative action gets the go-ahead in the High Court
In contrast to the position taken in collective actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (see Mark McLaren Class Representative Limited -v- MOL (Europe…
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Contentious Financial Services Update
17 Mar 2023 Reflections on PRA and FCA enforcement under the "twin peaks" system
From the outset the FCA was equipped with a substantial Enforcement Division which, over the years – particularly during the most recent period under Mark…
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Global Markets Update
16 Mar 2023 ARRC formally recommends fallback rates and adjustment spreads for USD LIBOR
On 15 March 2023, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) formally recommended the replacement rates and related adjustment spreads to be used as…
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Energy Alert
16 Mar 2023 NSW LTESA Firming Tender Announced
AEMO Services has announced that it will be opening a long-term energy services agreements (LTESAs) competitive tender round for firming infrastructure in…
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financial services speedread
15 Mar 2023 Financial Services SpeedRead: 15 March 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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LUXEMBOURG UPDATE
14 Mar 2023 Blockchain III
Blockchain III - Luxembourg takes a further significant step towards enhancing its innovative DLT financial instruments issuance infrastructure and framework
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Finance Regulatory
13 Mar 2023 Ashurst's sustainable finance column: March 2023 (biodiversity)
On 21 February 2023, we heard from John Glen MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury at the City UK conference in London. Glen's speech was a soft launch of the…
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GLOBAL MARKETS UPDATE
13 Mar 2023 Spread-Adjusted USD SOFR ICE Swap Rate to be available from 3 July 2023
On 10 March 2023, ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) announced that, subject to continued satisfactory testing and feedback, its spread-adjusted USD SOFR ICE…
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global digital assets digest
13 Mar 2023 Global Digital Assets Digest: March 2023
Welcome to this month's Global Digital Assets Digest. The big news is that EU Regulation for the DLT Pilot Regime will be applicable from 23 March 2023 (see…
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global markets update
13 Mar 2023 EU extends intragroup exemptions under EU EMIR
On 13 February 2023, the EU officially extended until 30 June 2025 the temporary intragroup exemptions from clearing and margining available under EU EMIR .
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finance regulatory
10 Mar 2023 AIFMD divergence: An Interesting FCA (asset) Management Discussion
On 20 February the FCA published a discussion paper on Updating and improving the UK regime for asset management. The Discussion Paper sets out high level…
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contentious financial services update
10 Mar 2023 The DPA challenge – the SFO's first DPA-related conviction of an individual bucks the trend
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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competition law newsletter | uk
08 Mar 2023 The CMA consults on draft guidance on environmental sustainability agreements
The CMA is consulting on its draft guidance on competition law and environmental sustainability agreements.