The UK's new Financial Services Act – a guide to the main changes *

United Kingdom - March 27 2013
The UK's Financial Services Act 2012 (the Act) will come into force on 1 April 2013. On implementation, the Act will amend many of the UK's existing…

Co-authors: Stuart Willey.

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Financial regulatory update *

European Union, United Kingdom - December 21 2012
This newsletter highlights some of the key financial regulatory measures affecting the UK and EU during the period from 1 August to 14 December 2012. For…

Co-authors: Stuart Willey.

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The EU Short Selling Regulation comes into force *

European Union - November 1 2012
Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (the “EU Short Selling Regulation”)  – as well as a Commission Implementing Regulation and three Commission Delegated Regulations2 – came into force on 1 November 2012.

Co-authors: Ingrid York, Susanne Leitterstorf, Stuart Willey, David Barwise, Nicolas Wittek .

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The European Market Infrastructure Regulation: European Union regulation of OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories *

European Union - October 9 2012
The Regulation on over-the-counter derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories was published in its final form on 27 July 2012 and entered into force, subject to transitional provisions, on 16 August 2012.

Co-authors: Ingrid York, Stuart Willey, Eduardo Barrachina, David Barwise, Nicolas Wittek .

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The European Commission's proposals for a single supervisory mechanism: racing towards banking union in the EU? *

European Union - September 20 2012
The European Commission has published draft legislation and a blueprint for transferring significant European banking supervisory powers to the European Central Bank (ECB).

Co-authors: Jacquelyn F. MacLennan, Dennis Heuer , Henning Berger, Stuart Willey.

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