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Client money and assets: emerging issues

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 31 2011

FSA fines for client money and asset failings continue to make the headlines

Prohibition on the use of general liens in custody agreements

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 31 2011

Subject to certain exceptions, the use of general liens in custody agreements will be prohibited from 1 March 2011

Client Assets Unit - increased firm visits and enforcement actions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 31 2011

It is clear that the FSA regards client asset failings as an industry-wide problem and has established a specialist Client Assets Unit (Unit) to tackle these failings

Review of CASS and Lehman client money litigation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 31 2011

The FSA considers that a comprehensive review of CASS will be necessary to ensure that it continues to provide the required degree of client protection and market certainty

Intra-group client money deposits

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 31 2011

To prevent intra-group contagion (a situation painfully illustrated by the placement of 50 of Lehman Brothers International (Europe)'s client money with a group bank which became insolvent), firms will be subject to a 20 maximum limit on intra-group client money deposits in client bank accounts from 1 June 2011

Client assets and the special administration regime

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 31 2011

The Government has introduced The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 and The Investment Bank (Amendment of Definition) Order 2011 into Parliament

CASS operational oversight controlled function (CF10a) and CMAR

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 31 2011

All firms holding client money or assets must apportion responsibility for CASS operational oversight to an appropriate senior manager or director performing a significant influence function (SIF) within the firm

UK regulatory reform - responses to the government consultation on "a new approach to financial regulation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 26 2010

HM Treasury has published a summary of responses to its consultation on the reform of the UK financial services regulatory regime

An insight into the FSA's implementation of the new financial services regulatory structure and concerns

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 15 2010

HM Treasury has very recently published a memorandum submitted by the FSA in response to its inquiry into the Government's proposals for reform of financial regulation

HM Treasury consults on sweeping reforms to UK regulatory architecture

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 26 2010

Today, HM Treasury published its first paper seeking views on the Government's proposals for wholesale reform of the UK financial services regulatory architecture