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CMA consults on new direct consumer enforcement guidance The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 introduces a new direct enforcement model for consumer protection, bringing the consumer protection regime more closely in line with the CMA’s existing Competition Act enforcement powers. On 31 July...
Hong Kong Competition Tribunal orders penalties in the government subsidies cartel case On 7 June 2024, the Hong Kong Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) found eight undertakings and individuals liable for cartel conduct relating to quotations provided to the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong Government (“ITC”) in response...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 15 August 2024
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In-Depth: Banking Regulation - 15th edition - Hong Kong chapter In-Depth: Banking Regulation (formerly The Banking Regulation Review) is an annual survey of the most important developments in banking regulation in the most significant jurisdictions worldwide.
Back to basics: Partnership and SP D12 SP D12 is a useful guide as to how the CGT rules should be expected to apply to partnerships and it fills in important gaps in the legislation. However, in practice it can lead to some surprising results and its non-statutory footing can cause uncertainty...
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – July 2024 Developments in this month's edition include:
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 8 August 2024
Talking AI with the experts - Faculty AI explain compliance through a technical lens In this podcast, Rob Sumroy and Natalie Donovan speak to leading AI experts Faculty AI. They discuss, with Rupert Edwards (Faculty’s Legal Director and GC) and Kat James (their Technical Director) what good AI regulation looks like, how they approach...
Corporate Update Bulletin - 8 August 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
New public offers and admissions to trading regime: FCA publishes further details - Highlights for Debt Capital Markets The FCA has published further details of the public offers and admissions to trading regime that will come into force next year. In this briefing, we set out the key highlights for the debt capital markets. A separate briefing covers highlights for the...
Hong Kong Introduces Regulatory Regime for Stablecoin Issuers The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a consultation paper in December 2023 on a proposal to regulate fiat-referenced stablecoin (FRS) issuers in light of the potential monetary and...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 1 August 2024
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: EU, UK and US competition authorities publish shared principles for competition in AI On 23 July 2024, the European Commission, the UK Competition and Markets Authority, the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Commission published a joint statement on competition in generative AI foundation models and AI products. The...
New public offers and admissions to trading regime: FCA publishes further details - Highlights for Equity Capital Markets The FCA has published the final version of the new UK Listing Rules (UKLR), which will come into force on 29 July 2024. Designed to help improve the appeal of the UK’s equity capital markets, the new rules represent the most far-reaching reforms of the...
Pensions Essentials - July 2024