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Financial Services

UK's new consumer duty confirmed with testing timelines

Financial services firms have more time to implement newly unveiled final Principle 12 rules – but the clock is ticking

Financial Services

Funds Legal Update | July 2022

Welcome to a new edition of our Funds Legal Update
Regulatory Outlook

Consumer credit and payments | Regulatory Outlook July 2022

Outcome of HM Treasury consultation on changes to anti-money laundering rules | PSR sets out the details for its work
ESG, sustainability and responsible business

Enforcement risk rises for UK financial services firms over 'greenwashing'

Instances of enforcement action over greenwashing allegations increase as the regulatory regime on sustainability claims develops
Sanctions, ownership and related issues

New sanctions reporting obligation on crypto-asset exchanges and custodian wallet providers

New regulations increasing the obligations to report under the UK financial sanctions regime are likely to impose significant burdens on
Financial Services

Political agreement reached on the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation

New regulatory framework for crypto expected to come into force in 2024 – with implications for issuers and service providers
Decarbonisation

Hydrogen in-depth webinar series

With the global hydrogen generation market projected to reach 201 billion USD by 2025, understanding the hydrogen market and its
Blockchain

Should blockchain's decentralised autonomous organisations be regulated or unregulated?

Crypto 'community in action' clubs are raising legal issues around regulation, liability, tax optimisation and contract
Dispute resolution

Suspicious activity reports: UK Financial Intelligence Unit issues new guidance

New codes have been published to help enforcement agencies combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Financial Services

Funds Legal Update | June 2022

Welcome to a new edition of our Funds Legal Update, covering ESG developments, updates from the UK and Europe, and

Sanctions, ownership and related issues

Sanctions update: strict liability test comes into force with revised guidance from OFSI

UK regulator OFSI sets out its approach to new rules imposing a strict liability test for breaching the sanctions regime
Data-driven business models

How open banking has facilitated data-driven business models, and what's next

Open banking offers opportunities for data-driven business models by allowing customers to share their banking data securely with third parties