Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 25 Jul 2023
The UK government has rejected a parliamentary committee’s suggestion that crypto be governed akin to gambling, saying the country’s gambling regulator would be out of its depth covering financial market-like risk.
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, Global, Hong Kong, etc. | 7 Jun 2023
In this weekly post, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 2 June 2023…
Macfarlanes LLP | United Kingdom | 15 May 2019
It is timely that in Mental Health Awareness Week, the Treasury Committee has published its Report on consumers' access to financial services. The…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 17 Jan 2019
The recent confirmation by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that it is investigating 18 firms involved in the sale of crypto assets, such as…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 21 Dec 2018
Westminster politics continued to dominate the news in the run up to the holiday period. This update lists over 30 Brexit related…
Corker Binning | European Union, United Kingdom | 12 Dec 2018
At the recent launch of the multi-agency National Economic Crime Centre (“NECC”) on 31 October 2018, Ben Wallace, the Minister of State for Security…
Macfarlanes LLP | United Kingdom | 27 Nov 2018
In case we were in any doubt that technology and cybersecurity are high on the FCA's supervisory priorities, publications over the past week serve as…
Baker McKenzie | European Union, United Kingdom | 21 Nov 2018
Theresa May arrived in Brussels today in a bid to finalise Britain’s EU exit package, as she sought to overcome significant differences over Gibraltar…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 12 Nov 2018
The House of Commons Foreign Affairs committee has launched an inquiry into the future of UK sanctions policy to “explore and evaluate” different…
Teacher Stern LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 5 Nov 2018
The Treasury Committee has written to the FCA on 27 September 2018 concerning the alleged profits made by some Hedge Funds that sold sterling short…