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Financial Services

International Funds Legal Update | May 2023

UK Green Finance Strategy, review of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, EU consults on green taxonomy and sustainable finance
Regulatory Outlook

Fintech, digital assets, payments and consumer credit | UK Regulatory Outlook April 2023

Green Finance Strategy 2023 | Bringing cryptoasset promotions within the financial promotions regime | PRA publishes policy statement on depositor
Financial Services

When is a director personally liable for being 'knowingly concerned' in a company's breaches?

The UK's FCA takes an expansive view as to what actual knowledge a director is required to have for it
Real estate

Spain's Directorate General of Taxation clarifies scope of amended mortgage-loan rules

Amended law extends to those professionally engaged in granting mortgage loans or credits for real estate transactions
Financial Services

UK's PRA extends deposit protection to e-money and authorised payment institutions-safeguarded funds

Depositor protection rules now cover Financial Services Compensation Scheme‑eligible customers of EMIs, APIs and others
Banking and finance

EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation establishing regulatory framework is approved

Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, setting new game-changing rules for the cryptocurrency industry
ESG – Environmental, social and governance

UK's FCA addresses the robustness and reliability of ratings providers' ESG benchmarks

The FCA is cracking down on incomplete, misleading, incorrect or outdated ESG benchmarks by benchmark administrators
Financial Services

International Funds Legal Update | 31 March 2023

FCA delays the UK's sustainability disclosure rules, Spring Budget 2023, and the economic climate and EU funds
Tax

UK mandatory disclosure rules come into force

New regulations require in-scope tax advisers to report details of avoidance arrangements online in XML file format
Financial Services

UK government moves to regulate promotion of cryptoassets

Marketing of in-scope digital assets will be subject to restriction long familiar to wider financial services sector
Financial Services

UK Green Finance Strategy 2023: highlights for the investment funds and asset management industry

Opportunities (and obligations) lie ahead for investment fund and asset managers in the government's latest plans to support the growth
Banking and finance

Over-adjusted EBITDA? A review of synergies and the related controls in loan agreements

How is EBITDA being adjusted in mid-market leveraged finance transactions?