UK FSA survey on AIFMD - responses needed *

United Kingdom - March 21 2013
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) recently posted a survey on its website for completion by UK-based fund managers seeking authorisation or…

Co-authors: James Burdett.

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What the proposed changes to the CASS client money rules will mean for clearing members and their clients *

United Kingdom - October 22 2012
On 6 September 2012 the FSA published its combined consultation and discussion paper CP12/22 titled "Client assets regime: EMIR, multiple pools and the wider review" setting out a number of imminent changes to the Client Assets Rules ('CASS Rules') which are necessary to comply with the porting requirements of EMIR.

Co-authors: Mark Simpson, Luke Whitmore.

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Is the Serious Fraud Office getting serious? An update on the UK Bribery Act *

United Kingdom - October 22 2012
The Bribery Act 2010 came into force on 1 July 2011.

Co-authors: Paul Melling , Andrew Keltie, Sunny Mann, Ross L. Denton.

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Bribery and corruption - FSA tells investment banks to improve procedures *

United Kingdom - April 10 2012
The FSA has published a report, Anti-Bribery and Corruption Systems and Controls in Investment Banks ("Report") criticising the investment banking sector's management of bribery risks and providing examples of good and poor practice.

Co-authors: Nina Moffatt, Mark Simpson.

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Lehman Brothers: UK Supreme Court judgement and implications for MF global clients *

United Kingdom - March 6 2012
On 29 February 2012, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom handed down its long-awaited judgment on client money issues in the context of the Lehman's Administration.

Co-authors: Mark Simpson, Louise Webb, Georgia Chrysikopoulou.

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