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HM Treasury has designated four major global cloud and technology providers as critical third parties under the UK's new operational resilience regime, granting financial regulators direct oversight powers over systemic services that could threaten financial stability. The designations mark the first implementation of rules established under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, mirroring the EU's DORA framework while maintaining a targeted, risk-based approach to protecting the UK financial system f

The UK's new government faces a delicate challenge: raising revenue from higher earners while maintaining London's status as a global financial hub. Recent Supreme Court victories by HMRC against major hedge funds signal an increasingly aggressive stance on executive remuneration that could pose fresh obstacles for private capital firms already grappling with carried interest reforms and non-dom rule changes.

When a Moscow arbitration threatened to drain assets protected by an English court undertaking, the High Court ordered disclosure of confidential arbitration materials. This November 2025 decision examines when arbitral confidentiality must yield to asset protection, and what it means for parties navigating parallel proceedings across jurisdictions.