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Quarterly Listed Company Update – What's New And What's Next?
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a comprehensive review of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules to assess their value for issuers and investors, while exploring reforms to enhance UK public market attractiveness. This update examines recent regulatory developments including AIM Rules consultations, accounts filing reforms, and new FRC guidance on internal controls and materiality. Additionally, the government has accepted recommendations to mandate digital share registers for publicly
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Travers Smith LLP
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Not Delayed, Not Deferred: EU AI Act Transparency Obligations Are Now In Force
The EU AI Act's transparency obligations became enforceable on 2 August 2026, requiring immediate compliance for systems that interact with users or generate synthetic content. While the AI Omnibus has delayed high-risk AI system requirements until December 2027, organizations must now navigate active enforcement of disclosure duties, new prohibitions on harmful AI applications, and administrative simplifications that reshape the compliance landscape. What do these changes mean for tech companies operating
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Goodwin Procter LLP
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UK tax update April 2026 In this article for the April edition of French estate planning journal Ingénierie Patrimoniale, Edward Reed and George Mitkov look at... Article 4 August 2026
This article examines recent UK legal developments affecting estate planning and trust structures, including landmark court decisions on trust registration and HMRC challenges, expanded reporting requirements for overseas entities and trusts, and significant changes to Agricultural and Business Property Relief allowances that impact wealth preservation strategies.
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Macfarlanes LLP
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Guernsey Trusts Law Reforms – Key Points
Guernsey has approved targeted amendments to its Trusts Law following a comprehensive review by industry and government bodies. The reforms address practical issues in trust administration, clarify key provisions around settlor and protector powers, and enhance dispute resolution mechanisms. These changes aim to maintain Guernsey's competitive position as a leading international trusts jurisdiction while preserving the core strengths of its existing legal framework.
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Walkers
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Travers Smith's Venture Insights: Unlocking Pension Investment In Venture
Dame Anne Glover's message at Travers Smith's Alternative Insights Summit was clear: UK pension funds should significantly increase their investment in early-stage venture and growth capital. With UK and Irish pension funds investing a mere 0.001% of assets under management in European venture capital in 2024, pension savers are missing substantial returns from high-growth technology businesses.
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Travers Smith LLP
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Number 10 North: How Guernsey’s Funds Industry Already Supports The New UK Prime Minister’s Place-based Growth Mission
Andy Burnham's vision for 'Number 10 North' aims to devolve power and drive regional economic growth across the UK, but where will the investment come from? Guernsey's funds sector has quietly been channeling billions in international capital directly into UK regions for years, backing infrastructure, innovation, and defense projects from Manchester to Durham. With £58 billion already invested and growing at 7% annually, this established conduit may hold part of the answer to Britain's regional investm
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Is Europe Removing The Barriers To Defence Investment? What Investors Need To Know
Invest Europe has introduced new model Limited Partnership Agreement language that fundamentally shifts how private capital approaches defence investments in Europe. The proposal establishes that defence and dual-use activities should be permitted unless prohibited under international law, rather than restricted by default. This change reflects evolving geopolitical realities and NATO's commitment to invest 5% of GDP in defence by 2035, creating significant opportunities for private equity, venture capital,
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Gowling WLG
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