Navigating the evolving landscape of operational resilience is crucial for financial services firms. Legal professionals must stay ahead of regulatory expectations, ensuring robust frameworks to manage disruptions while safeguarding business continuity and client interests. This topic provides you with the essential tools and insights to bolster your advisory capabilities in this dynamic area.
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) ECB updates its guide to licence applications....
This week's edition of Financial Services weekly highlights includes: FCA publishes policy statement on Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance; UK Payments...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an update on action it has taken, alongside partners, against illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading...
A round-up of financial services developments, including (among other things) FCA says no evidence to suggest its regulation creates significant...
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...
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 point
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
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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