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First time originator's guide to securitisation - June 2025 Originators can use securitisation to achieve a lower cost of funding than from other debt products and to remove securitised assets from their balance sheet. Securitisation plays an important role in facilitating liquidity and risk management, allowing...
The Independent Water Commission's Interim Findings: Pressure builds for reform, but a sea-change looks unlikely Following a Call for Evidence that elicited over 50,000 responses, the UK’s Independent Water Commission (Commission) has published its interim findings, highlighting five areas it believes to be critical to reforming the UK water industry. The report...
EU Securitisation Framework: Regulatory Update The EU Commission is expected to publish proposals to reform the EU Securitisation Regulation in June 2025.These are expected to be presented with the goal of removing undue issuance and investment barriers in the EU securitisation market.While issuers...
The New Securitisation Framework: what has really changed? On 1 November 2024, the Securitisation Regulations Framework (as defined below) came into force as part of the UK Government’s efforts to establish a ‘Smarter Regulatory Framework’ after Brexit. This note explains the legislative background and compares...
BLOG: ESMA launches consultation on technical standards for ESG rating providers In May, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a consultation paper on a set of three Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), that will provide additional detail on how the EU intends to regulate ESG ratings providers, which in turn...
Key structuring aspects of a forward flow transaction Forward flows are relatively simple in concept, designed to provide originators with access to reliable committed funding without being directly exposed to the volatility of the capital markets, which in recent years have been challenging for originators...
The wait is over - the Pension Schemes Bill is here The Government has trailed the publication of the new Pension Schemes Bill since it was elected and even told us in the King’s speech what was likely to be in it. The Bill has now been published and we consider below whether it was worth the wait, what...
Aviva's equity release securitisation signals a new era for long-term RMBS This briefing explores Equity Release Products - their role in later-life finance, regulatory oversight, and evolving securitisation trends across the UK and beyond.
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 5 June 2025
Podcast: Tax News: June 2025 Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling discuss the Upper Tribunal’s decisions in Walkers Snack Foods on the VAT classification of “Sensations Poppadoms” and Rettig Heating Group, the judicial review of HMRC’s refusal of a late claim to set off a non-trading loan...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 5 June 2025 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
Podcast: Insurance in focus: Our 2025 forecast, recast The first 15-minute episode features Charles Randell, Nick Pacheco and Beth Dobson, where they reflect on the themes discussed in our January ​Insurance Outlook​ and explore: Developments in the life and pension derisking...
Insurance in focus podcast series
Everything, everywhere all at once – proposals for pensions reform After months of relative quiet on the pensions front, last week saw a flurry of activity from the Government with long awaited responses to consultation being published in relation to both DB and DC schemes. The consistent theme is how pension scheme...
Event-driven creditor activism - A corporate perspective Introduction Interventions from activist debt investors - normally hedge funds - are familiar in crisis and insolvency scenarios. A flurry of recent news stories and claims have highlighted that companies can attract the attention of activist funds as a...