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Finance regulatory
19 May 2022 European Commission: PSD2 and open finance set for change
On 11 May 2022, the European Commission issued both a public consultation, and a targeted consultation in relation to the revised payment services directive,…
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digital assets digest
16 May 2022 Digital Assets Digest: May edition
Welcome to the latest edition of our Digital Assets Digest. Following a fairly uneventful month(!), we provide a summary of developments concerning the…
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digital assets digest
19 Apr 2022 Digital Assets Digest: April edition
Welcome to this bumper edition of the Digital Assets Digest. In this edition, we note plans by the UK Government to make the UK a global cryptoasset…
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Finance regulatory
31 Mar 2022 The European Commission's (long awaited) proposed amendments to the CSDR
The European Commission has a published a legislative proposal to amend the Central Securities Depositary Regulation (“CSDR”). The update to the CSDR is part…
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Financial regulatory briefing
28 Mar 2022 PRA and FCA clarify framework for exposure to cryptoassets
On the 24 March 2022 Sam Woods, CEO of the PRA, issued a follow up 'Dear CEO' letter discussing the regulator's approach to existing or planned exposure to…
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digital assets digest
16 Mar 2022 Digital Assets Digest: March edition
ECON: Report on proposed Regulation on markets in cryptoassets adoptedOn 14 March 2022, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee…
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Finance Regulatory
14 Mar 2022 Digital Assets: The U.S. starts to walk the walk
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order on ensuring the responsible development of the digital assets. The Order contains further detail on a U…
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Finance Regulatory
07 Mar 2022 MiFID II UK Shake Up - More Marathon Than Sprint
On 1 March 2022, HM Treasury published its response to its July 2021 consultation on the Wholesale Markets Review, confirming the removal of the share trading…
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digital assets digest
15 Feb 2022 Digital Assets Digest - February edition
Mansion House Update: February 2022 On 10 February 2022, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury gave an update on steps the UK government has taken to deliver…
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financial regulation update
02 Feb 2022 IFPR Key Actions & Timeline
The FCA's Investment Firms Prudential Regime (the "IFPR") came into force on 1 January 2022. The objective is to streamline the prudential framework for…
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Financial Regulation update
24 Jan 2022 High risk, not enough rewards? The FCA continues to clamp down on firms marketing cryptoassets and high risk investment
On 19 January 2022, the FCA published its consultation paper on "Strengthening our financial promotion rules for high risk investments, including…
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financial regulation update
21 Jan 2022 The crypto clampdown conundrum: UK Government to regulate promotions of cryptoassets under financial promotion regime
On 18 January 2022, the Government confirmed the promotion of cryptoassets will be brought within the scope of the financial promotion regime. These measures…
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digital assets digest
18 Jan 2022 Digital Assets Digest - January edition
Ashurst discuss some interesting developments in relation to the EU Regulations
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financial regulation update
14 Jan 2022 ESMA's call for evidence on the DLT pilot regime
On 4 January, ESMA issued a call for evidence on the DLT pilot regime and a related review of MiFID transparency and reporting requirements.ESMA is aware that…
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finanCIal regulation
12 Jan 2022 The FCA's 2022 New Year resolutions (as predicted by the Ashurst regulatory team)
Well, what a year it has been. At best it could be described as like the hokey-cokey, we are in a pandemic, then we are out again, and then back in again…
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financial regulation update
16 Dec 2021 EU Directive on credit purchasers and credit servicers - what's the deal?
The EU Directive on credit servicers and credit purchasers has been published in Official Journal. The Directive regulates the sale, purchase and servicing of…
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digital assets digest
13 Dec 2021 Digital Assets Digest - December edition
Welcome to the next edtion of our Digital Assets Digest, a monthly round-up of key developments. This follows hot on the heels of our Digital Asset Series…
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Finance regulatory update
26 Nov 2021 EC MiFID II proposals pull rug out of non-lit trading and diverge from UK proposals
The European Commission has published proposals to amend MiFIR and MiFID. The Commission issued a consultation on the review of MIFID regime in February 2020…
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contentious financial services update
26 Nov 2021 Smart contracts: Law Commission gives green light
Two years after the publication of the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce's first Legal Statement on the Status of Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, the Law Commission…
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Fiance regulatory
25 Nov 2021 EU Prudential Banking Package 2021- get ready for significant changes
The European Commission has published a legislative package containing significant proposals to the existing EU prudential framework concerning (among other…
