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A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) FCA’s Sarah Pritchard discusses regulation of private markets....
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) EBA consults on amending risk weights for specialised lending exposures...
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) FCA provides update on its Consumer Duty areas of focus; and ESMA...
This week's edition of Financial Services weekly highlights includes: FCA to launch Mastercard, PayPal and Visa competition law investigations; ESMA...
Financial Conduct Authority—Principles for Businesses (PRIN)This Practice Note explains the Principles for Businesses (PRIN) set down by the Financial...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has identified several breaches by Monzo Bank Limited (Monzo) of the Retail Banking Market Investigation...
Insurance conduct regulation—COBS and ICOBSThe Financial Conduct Authority Handbook (FCA Handbook) includes sourcebooks to regulate the conduct of...
Second charge mortgage regimeSecond charge mortgages definedA regulated second charge mortgage is a loan secured on a borrower’s property that is used...
Part VII Transfer of Banking BusinessBackgroundAs noted in Practice Note: Insurance business transfer schemes, a regime for transferring portfolios of insurance business has existed in the UK since the enactment of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 (ICA 1982). Insurance business transfer schemes are
Banking regulation—Ghana—Q&A guideThis Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to banking regulation in Ghana published as part of the Lexology Getting the Deal Through series by Law Business Research (published: March 2022).Authors: WTS Nobisfields—Theophilus Tawiah; Peggy
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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