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Financial Services
Fund managers may urgently need to register express trusts with HMRC
The deadline to sign up is imminent, with exclusions unlikely to apply for trusts set up by Limited Partnership Agreements
Financial Services
Financial Conduct Authority identifies supervisory priorities for alternatives
Actions speak louder than words and the UK regulator wants firms to embed a culture to promote the initiatives
Tax
HMRC deadline looms for registering express trusts: what's changing?
Which trusts are now required to register, what are the deadlines and what are they required to disclose?
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
Banking and finance
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/83/EU regarding financial services contracts concluded at a distance
The proposal aims to simplify and modernize the legislative framework by repealing Directive 2002/65/EC (on distance marketing of consumer financial
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
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
Corporate
Crypto and blockchain in M&A: how to address issues around volatility, validity and valuation
The value of crypto-funded deals has doubled over the last couple of years, but there are specific challenges for parties
