03 May, 2024 The Digital Securities Sandbox: a new model for trading and settlement in the UK? By James Smethurst Christopher Bernard Olivia Davies On 3 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper setting out their...
29 Apr, 2024 Enrico Letta on EU competitiveness: an analysis of his key recommendations for a fairer, greener, more digital economy By Jimena Gonzalez Kieran Watkins To much excitement and fanfare, former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta published his report on strengthening the EU Single Market....
24 Apr, 2024 From PSD2 to PSD3 and PSR – European Parliament sets out its vision on the future of payments By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Alicia Hildner +2 more... Show less The payments landscape has undergone significant changes over the past decade, changes driven by fast-paced technological advancements...
22 Apr, 2024 Climate change and human rights: a new chapter for States, NGOs, and businesses? By Christoph H. Seibt Juliane Hilf Moritz Becker Patrick Schroeder Carsten Wendler Jan Henning Buschfeld Stefanie Spancken-Monz Marlen Vesper-Gräske Domen Tursic +6 more... Show less On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its first substantive decision on human rights aspects of climate...
18 Apr, 2024 UK Government responds to Whitehead Review’s findings of systemic bias in UK medical devices By Harriet Hanks Sanjana Canumalla Matt Allison In March, the independent review into equity in medical devices chaired by Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead published its long-awaited...
26 Mar, 2024 Trends in fintech: our EU predictions for 2024 By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Eva Schneider Alicia Hildner Daniel Klingenbrunn Jimena Gonzalez Victor Garcia Lopez +3 more... Show less As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 we have crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the EU Freshfields Fintech team,...
18 Mar, 2024 The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) By James Smethurst Tom Godwin Richard Ho Regina Erie Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy +3 more... Show less This blog considers the recent HM Treasury (HMT) consultation on the proposed trial of a new ‘Private Intermittent Securities and Capital...
15 Mar, 2024 Failing to prepare or preparing to fail – PRA policy statement on solvent exit planning for non-systemic banks and building societies By Michael Raffan Lauren Moorin Fran Kaehr In a 2021 speech, Sam Woods, the CEO of the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), stated that one of the regulator’s focuses for...
08 Mar, 2024 Spring Budget 2024: The Hunt for Blue October By Alison Dickie Laura Western In an unusually rowdy House of Commons, the Chancellor delivered what will be his last Spring Budget before a UK general election widely...
07 Mar, 2024 Belgian UBO register shows its teeth: almost 21,000 entities side-lined for non-compliance with their UBO registration obligations By Nikolaas Van Robbroeck Silvia Van Dyck Bo Debreuck The General Administration of the Treasury of the Belgian FPS Finance (the Treasury) has recently instigated the removal of 20,795...
15 Feb, 2024 European Commission adopts a revised Market Definition Notice By Lena Boucon Rory Jones Alvaro Pliego Selie James Aitken Thomas Lübbig +2 more... Show less As noted by Executive Vice-President Vestager, “if something happens every 25 years, it deserves attention.[1]” Last Friday, the European...
14 Feb, 2024 Life sciences – what to expect in 2024 By Harriet Hanks Emma Franck-Gwinnell Adam Golden 2023 was marked by some real success stories in the life sciences and healthcare space, including ground-breaking new weight loss...