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Australia
Sophie Grace Pty Ltd
Discusses common systemic issues AFCA identified across industry sectors starting with defining systemic issues.
Canada
Nelligan Law
In residential transactions, Halal financing typically involves structures such as Murabaha (cost-plus sale), Ijarah (leasing), Musharakah (partnership), and Istisna'a (manufacturing contracts).
McMillan LLP
The Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Tax Act") contains a host of provisions that influence how investment funds are structured and administered.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
The Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA) represents a milestone in Canadian payments and is expected to build confidence in the retail payment sector and bring a new level...
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
On April 16, 2024, Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled Budget 2024 (Budget). The Budget, titled "Fairness for every generation...
Fasken
The 2024 Federal Budget targets three main areas related to financial services regulation: housing affordability; opportunities relating to digital innovation...
WeirFoulds LLP
In the fateful words of Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Burnett: "Just because something is possible doesn't make it legal".
Gowling WLG
In the 2023 Fall Economic Statement, the Government of Canada announced the Canadian Mortgage Charter ("Charter"), which requires federally regulated financial institutions...
Dentons
Join Heather Barnhouse, Partner in our Edmonton office, as she explores women in leadership and entrepreneurship, and the ecosystem that supports them.
Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands Government
Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services and Commerce, the Hon. André Ebanks, will be in Tokyo and Hong Kong the week of 22 April for meetings with industry and regulators.
Cyprus
Harneys
The purpose of the above initiative is to assist physical persons and legal entities that are characterised as "retail clients" who suffered losses, as a result of resolution measures...
Guernsey
Carey Olsen
Registered funds are one of the three types of Guernsey funds.
Hong Kong
Mayer Brown
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) finally settled the question of legality of the No Consent Regime (NCR) in its recent judgment in Tam Sze Leung v. Commissioner of Police [2024] HKCFA 8 – confirming...
India
Khaitan & Co LLP
Owing to the mushrooming of passive funds in the past decade coupled with concerns regarding conflict of interest and governance of indices and the fact that market indices are often seen as the barometer of economic growth, it is prudent to govern index providers.
Khaitan & Co LLP
On 29 January 2024, the International Financial Services Centres Authority notified the International Financial Services Centres Authority Regulations, 2024 with the intention of governing and regulating payment services in International Financial Services Centres.
AZB & Partners
On April 16, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a press release with draft directions for regulation of payment aggregators (PAs) that facilitate payments at physical point of sale...
Ikigai Law
In this article, we dive into the draft RBI regulations for offline payment aggregators (PA) and draft amendment to the current PA guidelines.
Ireland
Matheson
Following on from our Initial Observations on the Central Bank of Ireland's Consumer Protection Code Consultation Paper we will be releasing a series of Insights...
William Fry
Our Financial Regulation team examines recent developments on the Individual Accountability Framework (IAF) including the Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR) Regulations...
Dillon Eustace
On 8 January 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated version of its manual on post-trade transparency (MiFID Post-Trade Transparency Manual)...
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