The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a statement on conduct risk during the LIBOR transition, which is due to be completed by the end

The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce has published a legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts under English private law. UKJT is part of the

The Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, has given a keynote speech at the Guildhall in London covering, amongst other

The co-Chairs of the Financial Stability Board’s Official Sector Steering Group, whose work focuses on interest rate benchmarks that are deemed to

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has welcomed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s extension of no-action relief addressing a potential

The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office, the U.K.’s independent body for the upholding of information rights in the public interest, has issued a

The European Central Bank has published a report by the working group on euro risk-free rates providing high-level recommendations for fall-back

HM Treasury has published the Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations

Following its Call for Evidence issued in May this year, the European Securities and Markets Authority has launched a consultation on proposed

The U.K. Financial Conduct Regulator has published a “Dear Chairman” letter addressed to Authorized Fund Managers requesting them to review certain

Richard Lloyd, a “champion of consumer protection” and former director of the consumer rights group Which?, is seeking to bring a representative

Today, the EU and U.K. In principle agreed new terms for the withdrawal agreement giving effect to the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. These

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave a speech on Tuesday, October 8, that touched upon recent events in the repo market. We discuss below

On October 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a pre-published version of

In the recent case of Lamesa Investments Ltd v Cynergy Bank Ltd 2019 EWHC 1877 (Comm), the High Court upheld the bank’s attempt to avoid a common

Below is a summary of the main developments in US and EU corporate governance and securities law and certain financial markets regulation

SOFR - the secured overnight funding rate in USD - is a rate published by the New York federal reserve based upon secured overnight transactions in

As of mid-2018, the Damages Directive (Directive) has been incorporated across all European Union (EU) Member States. The European Commission (EC)

In a number of jurisdictions, antitrust authorities may challenge consummated mergers even when the parties were not required to report those deals

The draft agreement on the U.K.’s withdrawal from the EU (the Draft Withdrawal Agreement), published on November 14, 2018, still sets out the only