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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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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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senior managers and certification regime
24 Apr 2023 SMCR Call for evidence: the reform that no one wants and no one asked for
SMCR is the gift that keeps on giving. Or certainly that's what the Government and, arguably, the regulators must think. With the publication of HM Treasury's…
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class actions update
24 Apr 2023 Western Australia's new class actions regime is now in action
What you need to know A new class actions regime has come into effect in Western Australia. The Civil Procedure (Representative Proceedings) Act 2022…
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contentious financial services update
21 Apr 2023 Will the SMF "duty of responsibility" by shelved under the current SMCR review?
This article considers whether the current reviews of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) being conducted by HM Treasury, and the PRA and FCA…
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Corporate Crime and Investigations
18 Apr 2023 Australia gears up for a public register of beneficial ownership
An Australian public register of beneficial ownership? We examine Treasury's proposal and discuss the implications for business.
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digital assets digest
17 Apr 2023 Global Digital Assets Digest: April 2023
In an April 2022 Keynote Speech, John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, announced that Royal Mint had been directed to create an NFT …
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COMPETITION LAW NEWS
17 Apr 2023 ACCC Chair provides important new details on proposed shake-up of Australia's merger control laws
Authors: Alyssa Phillips, Partner; Peter Armitage, Partner; John McKellar, Senior Associate; and Zoe Huang, Graduate
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governance & Compliance Update
13 Apr 2023 Ashurst Governance & Compliance Update – Issue 35
Welcome to the thirty-fifth 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
31 Mar 2023 ESG ratings providers: the regulatory net has been cast
On 30 March 2023, HM Treasury published a consultation proposing that the activity of providing an assessment of environmental, social, or governance factors…
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Finance Regulatory
31 Mar 2023 UK Sustainability Labels Delayed
On the eve of the UK Government's 'Green Day', the FCA announced (29 March 2023) a delay to the publication of its policy statement on sustainability…
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Class Actions Update
30 Mar 2023 Reduction in value can be repaired - latest guidance on damages in consumer claims
Authors: John Pavlakis, Partner; Andrew Westcott, Expertise Counsel; Tess Grieve, Senior Associate; and Reuben Heim, Lawyer
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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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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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Finance service update
07 Mar 2023 Strengthening integrity – new sustainable finance principles from 9 March
The APLMA has recently published revised Green, Sustainability-Linked and Social Loan Principles and related guidance notes. The changes aim to strengthen the…
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FINANCE REGULATORY
27 Feb 2023 Is this the start of a new FCA REM CODE for sustainability?
FCA discussion paper 'Finance for positive sustainable change: governance, incentives and competence in regulated firms (DP23/1)'
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Class Actions Update
15 Feb 2023 Funding commission uncertainty – validity of common fund orders at settlement remains in question
Authors: John Pavlakis, Partner; Andrew Westcott, Expertise Counsel; Tess Grieve, Senior Associate; and Reuben Heim, Lawyer (1) See also J Kirk, "The case…
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Corporate Crime and Investigations
14 Feb 2023 Slow improvement: Australia's performance in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (2022)
Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (2022)
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finance regulatory
08 Feb 2023 ESMA Trading Venue Perimeter - EMS under the spotlight
ESMA has published a final report containing its final Opinion on the trading venue perimeter, providing guidance on when certain systems and facilities…
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Regulatory intelligence
07 Feb 2023 The FCA's 2023 New Year resolutions (as predicted by the Ashurst regulatory team)
First published on Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence on 5th January 2023It has been a year of calamity and upheaval. Number 10 became, in effect, a…
