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Latest Financial Services News
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice No 128, which includes changes to the FCA Handbook made by the FCA board on 27...
HM Treasury has published an updated Money Laundering Advisory Notice reflecting changes to the High Risk Third Countries (HRTC) list following the...
The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) is consulting on proposed adjustments to the Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SII) buffer framework,...
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published its update to the Recommendations for Reporting under the SFT Regulation (SFTR). The...
The UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) has published its 2023-2024 SARs Annual Report....
Latest Financial Services Practice Notes
The nature of a limited partnership and its legal frameworkSources of limited partnership lawThe main body of law governing a limited partnership...
Most favoured nation provisions and their use in private equity fundsIntroductionA most favoured nation (MFN) clause entitles an investor to have...
Forming a limited partnership and continuing obligationsThis Practice Note discusses the formation of a limited partnership under the Limited...
Proxy advisors and ESG rating agencies—fundamentalsWhat are proxy advisors?Proxy advisors provide institutional investors with research and data,...
Limited partnership agreementsThis Practice Note discusses the provisions of a limited partnership agreement for limited partnerships formed under the...
Latest Financial Services Precedents
Limited partnership agreement—private fund limited partnershipThis limited partnership Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20 [insert...
Environmental Targets for a Limited Partnership Agreement (Stella & Flora’s Clause) (The Chancery Lane Project)Additional/Amended Recital:[Name of...
Precedent notice for use with exempt financial promotions to high net worth individuals and self-certified sophisticated investorsWarning: The content...
Retained EU law—training materials [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.These training materials consist of...
Market Abuse Regulation—Issuer wall–crossing script with confidentiality and no trade conditions and email confirmationsStrictly private and...
Latest Financial Services Q&As
Featured Financial Services content
The Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)
The Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)This Practice Note provides information on the role of the nominated officer and the Money Laundering...
Financial Conduct Authority—Principles for Businesses (PRIN)
Financial Conduct Authority—Principles for Businesses (PRIN)This Practice Note explains the Principles for Businesses (PRIN) set down by the Financial...
Second charge mortgage regime
Second charge mortgage regimeSecond charge mortgages definedA regulated second charge mortgage is a loan secured on a borrower’s property that is used...
Financial Conduct Authority—objectives and principles
Financial Conduct Authority—objectives and principlesThe role of the FCAThe Financial Conduct authority (FCA) forms part of the regulatory structure...
Accepting deposits
Accepting depositsBackground to the regulated activity of accepting depositsUnder section 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA...
What is electronic money?
What is electronic money?BREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
Fund management—Cayman Islands—Q&A guide
Fund management—Cayman Islands—Q&A guideThis Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to fund management in Cayman Islands published...
Insurance conduct regulation—COBS and ICOBS
Insurance conduct regulation—COBS and ICOBSBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit...
Non-UCITS retail schemes (NURS)
Non-UCITS retail schemes (NURS)This Practice Note explores non-UCITS retail schemes (NURS) and comments on investment powers, new rules on NURS...
Complying with the collective investment schemes sourcebook (COLL)
Complying with the collective investment schemes sourcebook (COLL)The Financial Conduct Authority’s Collective Investment Schemes Sourcebook (COLL) is...
Different types of short selling
Different types of short sellingShort selling: the two key typesRegulation (EU) 236/2012 (OJ L 86/1) (the EU Short Selling Regulation) came into force...
Where a lender is required to send notices of sums in arrears on a fixed sum loan under section 86B of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA 1974) and the customer clears the arrears but leaves default sums outstanding, is the lender required to keep sending subsequent notices of sums in arrears under CCA 1974, s 86B(5)(b)?
What are regulated activities?
What are regulated activities?Under the general prohibition a person cannot carry out a regulated activity, or purport to carry out a regulated...
Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs)
Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs)BREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit...
Regulated activities relating to dormant assets
Regulated activities relating to dormant assetsBackground to regulated activities relating to handling dormant assetsUnder section 19 of the Financial...
UK regulation of payment services providers—essentials
UK regulation of payment services providers—essentialsScope of this Practice NoteThe Payment Services Regulations 2017, SI 2017/752 (PSRs 2017)...
Unregulated collective investment schemes—essentials
Unregulated collective investment schemes—essentialsWhat are unregulated collective investment schemes?In the UK, an unregulated collective investment...
Complaints handling by financial services firms
Complaints handling by financial services firmsCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): The FCA has issued a statement setting out its expectations on complaints...
Associated legal terms
Alternative Investment Market
A London-based stock exchange
Association of Investment Companies (AIC)
A UK association which represents closed ended investment companies, including investment trusts and venture capital trusts.
Insurance mediation officer
Anyone carrying on insurance mediation activities must appoint an insurance mediation officer.
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