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Director of supervision for the FCA delivers speech on theimportance of culture as the driving behaviour of firms and how the FCA will assess this

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

In his speech at the UK Professionals Conference, Adamson highlighted 'culture' as underpinning the problem faced by firms and as the key attribute

A global financial transaction tax by any other name?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 26 2013

On 14 February 2013, the European Commission published a proposal for a financial transaction tax ("FTT") to be introduced in a subset of the EU:

Order made for transitional arrangements relating to the new regulatory regime

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 8 2013

On 29 January 2013, the Financial Services Act 2012 (Transitional Provisions) (Rules and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2013 (the "Order") was made

Financial Services Act 2012 receives Royal Assent

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 31 2012

The Financial Services Act 2012 (the "Act") received Royal Assent on 19 December 2012. The Act, which will come into force on 1 April 2013, will deliver

FSA moves to internal twin peaks model for authorisation

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 11 2012

Following the FSA’s adoption in April 2012 of an internal twin peaks model for supervision, on 15 October 2012 the FSA published a statement announcing the implementation of an internal twin peaks model for authorisation

Disclosure requirement on profit margins and commissions in the sales of securities

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Germany
  • -
  • November 30 2012

The disclosure requirement on banks’ remuneration in the sales of securities is the subject of numerous, sometimes contradictory decisions of German courts

Update on the transition to the new regulatory regime

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 31 2012

The UK regulatory regime is currently in a transition process towards a twin peaks model, in which the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) will be replaced by the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) and the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”

Financial services sector speech: speech by Clive Maxwell on competition in the financial services sector

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 26 2012

On 21 June 2012, the OFT published a speech by Maxwell, the new Executive Director of the OFT, on competition in the financial services sector

Survey results: what to expect from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 21 2012

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created by the Dodd-Frank Act with a mandate to protect consumers through the supervision and regulation of depository institutions and other providers of consumer financial products and services

Section 1782 discovery: a back door for foreign litigants

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Germany, USA
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  • March 30 2012

A recent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit expands the scope of discovery that foreign litigants may seek in the United States for use in foreign proceedings