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UK lifeboat fund receives 1,000 steelworker pension claims

UK lifeboat fund receives 1,000 steelworker pension claims

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AML rules must reflect low risks in life cover, insurers say

AML rules must reflect low risks in life cover, insurers say

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No formation of a trust in a cryptoasset repurchase agreement (Wang v Darby)

No formation of a trust in a cryptoasset repurchase agreement (Wang v Darby)

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Financial Services weekly highlights—2 December 2021

Financial Services weekly highlights—2 December 2021

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MiFID I—Transaction reporting

MiFID I—Transaction reporting

MiFID I—Transaction reportingThis Practice Note provides an overview of the transaction reporting requirements that existed under the Markets in...

Financial Conduct Authority—powers

Financial Conduct Authority—powers

Financial Conduct Authority—powersBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation...

Exempt consumer credit agreements under the FSMA 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001

Exempt consumer credit agreements under the FSMA 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001

Exempt consumer credit agreements under the FSMA 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001This Practice Note seeks to explain the types of agreements...

FCA best execution rules

FCA best execution rules

FCA best execution rulesBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...

Practice notes

Prudential Regulation Authority—Fundamental Rules

Prudential Regulation Authority—Fundamental RulesBackground to the Fundamental RulesPrior to the creation of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and...
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Insurance conduct of business—cancellation rights and claims handling

Insurance conduct of business—cancellation rights and claims handlingImplementation of the Insurance: Conduct of Business Sourcebook (ICOBS)On 6...
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16th Nov
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The European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEF) Regulation

The European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEF) RegulationThe EuSEF regulatory frameworkThis Practice Note provides an overview of the European...
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16th Nov
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Financial Services Act 2012

Financial Services Act 2012The Financial Services Act 2012 (FSA 2012) received Royal Assent on 19 December 2012 and went into effect on 1 April 2013....
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16th Nov
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FCA inducements rules

FCA inducements rulesBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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16th Nov
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Tied agents

Tied agentsBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...
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16th Nov
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Consumer credit—essentials

Consumer credit—essentialsThe FCA consumer credit regimeOn 1 April 2014, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumed responsibility for consumer...
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16th Nov
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Overview of UK implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive

Overview of UK implementation of the Consumer Credit DirectiveBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the...
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Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013—essentials

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013—essentialsThis Practice Note outlines the key changes to UK banking reform adopted through the Financial...
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16th Nov
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Interaction between the PRA, FCA and FPC

Interaction between the PRA, FCA and FPCBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit...
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16th Nov
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USA—Insider trading

USA—Insider tradingThe restriction on insider tradingWhat is insider trading?Insider trading is usually associated with illegal conduct. However, the...
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16th Nov
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Conduct Rules for SM&CR Firms

Conduct Rules for SM&CR FirmsBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation...
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Produced in partnership with Mark Compton and Lauren Smith of Mayer Brown International LLP 16th Nov
Practice notes

Impact of Brexit: Insurance distribution—quick guide

Impact of Brexit: Insurance distribution—quick guideThis insurance distribution quick guide details current UK legislation and retained EU legislation...
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16th Nov
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Whistleblowing Directive—timeline

This Timeline outlines the key developments related to the proposed Directive on the protection of persons reporting breaches of Union law...
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16th Nov
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Payment Systems Regulator—establishment, constitution and remit

Payment Systems Regulator—establishment, constitution and remitEstablishment of the PSRThe UK government commissioned in 1998 an independent review of...
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16th Nov
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Prudential Regulation Authority—Proactive Intervention Framework

Prudential Regulation Authority—Proactive Intervention FrameworkBackgroundAs the prudential regulator for insurers, banks and also certain investment...
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Insurable interest

Insurable interest

Insurable interestThis Practice Note considers insurable interest, including insurable interest in construction and liability insurance. It also considers insurable interest in subrogation, co-insurance and double insurance and the Insurable Interest Bill.What is insurable interest?‘Insurable

Amending the articles of association

Amending the articles of association

Amending the articles of associationThis Practice Note summarises the procedure to amend or change a company’s articles of association in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006).Why amend the articles?There are many different reasons why a company may want, or be required, to amend its

Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve ambiguities in legislation

Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve ambiguities in legislation

Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve ambiguities in legislationIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. At this point in time (referred to in UK law as ‘IP

What is a public authority?

What is a public authority?

What is a public authority?There is no single, universal answer to the question whether a particular organisation is treated, in law, as a public authority.Rather, on one hand the courts have developed case law on which bodies are subject to administrative law through the judicial review procedure;