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7 areas to look out for in the Edinburgh Reforms package

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Published on: 27 January 2023
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Table of contents

  • Building a smarter regulatory framework
  • Changes to the senior managers and certification regime
  • Pensions and fund management reforms
  • New short-selling regime
  • Focus on sustainable finance
  • Consumer protection
  • Greater regulation of cryptoassets
  • Summary

Article summary

Law360, Expert analysis: On 9 December 2022, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt set out a comprehensive package of over 30 initiatives to facilitate the growth of the UK financial services sector, known as the Edinburgh Reforms. Jill Lorimer, partner at Kingsley Napley LLP provides an analysis of the proposed measures below.

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