03/10/2022
EU Data Act: new rules for data exchanges between businesses, users and third parties
Data generated by using online or mobile services are of equal economic value, for example data from any app using location data.
Government Regulation
03/10/2022
DFSA decisions to penalise Dalma Capital Management
Both Dalma and Mr Cefaratti dispute the DFSA’s findings and have referred the Decision Notices to the Financial Markets Tribunal
03/09/2022
Data management for regulatory reporting: Key themes, challenges and solutions for 2022
To prevent this issue, regulators now want to engage in open dialogue and collaboration with the firms they oversee to ensure compliance.
03/09/2022
EU Data Act: new rules for data exchanges between businesses, users and third parties
The Commission said it expects the new rules to add €270 billion to the EU's gross domestic product by 2028.
03/09/2022
Russian Sanctions - Navigating the new UK and EU measures
We provide a general overview of how sanctions regimes work in one of our previous articles.
03/08/2022
Beneficial ownership register for overseas owners of UK Land
The plans had been on ice since 2018
03/08/2022
Ensuring UK landfill tax continues to meet its environmental objectives
Wet size-screening actively encourages the recycling of a significant proportion of material which would otherwise be destined for landfill.
03/08/2022
DOJ to Devote Substantial Resources to Investigating and Prosecuting Corporate Crime
As a testament to their commitment to these resource-intensive cases, AG Garland discussed plans to hire 120 new prosecutors and 900 new FBI agents; this announcement represents a substantial surge in resources.
03/08/2022
Singapore SMEs and labour union pledge workplace gender equality
Almost one quarter of respondents to a survey conducted by the two associations believe there is gender bias in the workplace.
03/08/2022
Acceleration of UK transparency measures: Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill
The current position is that the publicly accessible register held at the Land Registry for a particular piece of land only discloses the name or names of the legal title holder.
03/08/2022
Company Law and Corporate Governance – The Importance of Planning
Being attentive, alert and razor sharp at all times is difficult to achieve, so we use tools to help us stay organized and up to date with our everyday assignments or special projects.
03/08/2022
Impact of Budget 2022-23 on property owners, tenants and purchasers in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s government has relaxed the cap on the value eligible for a mortgage loan.
03/08/2022
Investors told to expect big changes to UK prospectus regime
The proposed reforms will also make it easier for unlisted public companies to offer their securities to the public
03/08/2022
A guide to Account Freezing Orders and Account Forfeiture Orders
These applications are generally brought by law enforcement agencies (National Crime Agency (NCA), Serious Fraud Office and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) and particularly their criminal investigators who attempt to preserve assets for forfeitur
03/07/2022
New rules boost Dubai’s international arbitration credentials
The new rules will take effect on 21 March 2022 and will replace rules which have been in place since 2007.
03/07/2022
Hong Kong regulatory enforcement trends: is change on the horizon?
Regulatory enforcement in Hong Kong has changed dramatically in recent years
03/06/2022
Belgium flexes its AML and regulatory muscle on crypto-service providers
Belgium partially transposed the 5th AML Directive into the Belgian AML Act by way of an act dated 20 July 2020.
03/06/2022
UAE affirms commitment to strengthening anti-money laundering efforts
Country will work closely with FATF to address remaining areas of improvement
03/06/2022
Financial Regulation: Daily Update
The documents aim to mitigate the limited risk of data truncation in CHAPS that will occur between November 2022 and April 2023.
03/06/2022
Law modernising the Luxembourg 2004 securitisation law
The Law contains some targeted adaptations to the securitisation regime under the 2004 Law with the aim to clarify certain elements to enhance legal certainty and to ensure continuing flexibility of the Luxembourg securitisation regime adequate for the ma