Understanding regulatory expectations can be challenging, but practical insights tailored for financial services professionals can help. By addressing issues like compliance, reporting obligations, and ethical conduct, this resource empowers legal teams to stay ahead of evolving standards and uphold best practices within the sector. Whether dealing with customer interactions or internal governance, this guidance provides streamlined, actionable strategies to meet conduct requirements effectively.
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) FCA consults on simplifying climate reporting rules....
This week's edition of Financial Services weekly highlights includes: FCA warns football clubs over sponsorship deals with unauthorised financial...
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) Commission adopts delegated regulation making temporary adjustments to...
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) House of Lords FSRC publishes report on UK regulation of stablecoins....
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...
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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