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Banking and finance

What are the key obligations and timelines for the EU Instant Payments Regulation?

The regulation aims to accelerate the offering of real-time credit transfers, with the first obligations applying as of 2025
Financial Services

UK payments watchdog to be axed in move to simplify regulatory burden on business

The PSR's responsibilities will be consolidated into the FCA as part of a deregulation drive to boost economic growth
Financial Services

Private market valuations come under the microscope of the UK financial regulator

The FCA's findings will feed into its reform of UK asset management, with another multi-firm review due later this year
Asset tracing and enforcement

UK Fraud, Asset Tracing and Enforcement Update March 2025

Developments in cross-border disputes law and practice in England and Wales
Financial Services

Further delay to non-financial misconduct final rules: what should UK firms do in the meantime?

Regulators had been poised to extend the scope of NFM rules and to codify and clarify their position and expectations
Intellectual property

English High Court finds former JV partners misused trade secrets but directors avoid personal liability

The disclosure of confidential information to around 200 investors did not mean it entered the public domain
Blockchain

Blockchain makes steady advance in Singapore amid enhanced regulatory clarity

More than two years on from the ‘crypto winter’ of 2022, blockchain has regained its market and regulatory footing
Financial Services

UK financial services in countdown to meet new rules for operational resilience

Firms that are within scope must demonstrate compliance with the new regime by 31 March
Financial Services

UK FCA progresses with the next phase of the Advice Guidance Boundary Review

Wider consultation and draft rules expected by July following initial focus on pensions support
Tax

The Dutch Carried Interest Scheme: Changes On The Horizon?

On 13 February 2025, a detailed report was published by the Dutch Ministry of Finance (the Report), which may contain
Financial Services

International Funds Legal Update | February 2025

Custody and fund service providers face scrutiny, overseas fund regime gets online guide and rule changes for UK UCITS
Tax

HM Treasury consultation on UK carried-interest tax reform gets expert input from Osborne Clarke

The UK must champion certainty and simplicity, tax specialists have urged government prior to proposed changes