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Berne Meets Basel Via Brussels - How Access Rights Under The Berne Financial Services Agreement Compare To CRD VI

On 1 January 2026, the Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA) entered into force. The BFSA is a bilateral treaty between Switzerland and the UK, designed to facilitate cross-border wholesale financial services...

United Kingdom Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

High Court Finds Buyer Remains Liable To Pay Seller Directly Where Issuing Bank Refuses Payment Under Documentary Letters Of Credit

The court confirmed that a Letter of Credit will normally operate as a conditional payment, and if payment is not made by the issuing bank, the seller is entitled to the purchase price directly from the buyer...

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Cultures Reshaped By Automation – Where Is The Human In The Loop?

Technological developments are transforming our markets, and the way financial services are provided. Advances in AI, large language models...

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

SFDR 2.0 For Fund Managers – A Step In The Right Direction?

On 22 November 2025, the European Commission published its long-awaited legislative proposal to ‘simplify' the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (Draft SFDR 2.0)...

United Kingdom Finance

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Tribunal Upholds Ban And Fines For Corrupt And Dishonest Adviser

United Kingdom Finance

LS

Lewis Silkin

Court Of Appeal Partially Dismisses Judicial Review Challenge To FOS Decision Relating To Client Classification

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court Rejects Russian Bank's Judicial Review Challenge To OFSI Licence Amendments

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Transition Finance: What's The (Transition) Plan?

United Kingdom Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Do fund managers in the EU have to report for their foreign domiciled funds?

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

United Kingdom Unveils FSMA-Based Regulatory Regime For Cryptoassets

United Kingdom Finance

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Jones Day

Interest Rate Derivative Trade Reporting

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

Treasury Select Committee Says That Current Approach To AI In Financial Services Risks Serious Harm

United Kingdom Finance

LS

Lewis Silkin

UK Financial Conduct Authority Permitted To Name A Claims Management Company Under Investigation

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Outlook 2026: UK Financial Services Regulation

United Kingdom Finance

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Fidic Contracts- Human Behaviours, AI And Carbon Management

United Kingdom Real Estate

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Insights From Our Future Of Data Centres Series

Worldwide Real Estate

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Episode 23: Mergerspresso - Christmas Special (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Data Centres: Common Issues And How To Avoid Them (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Our Tech Predictions For 2026

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

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Capital Adequacy/BASEL

Bank Of England Published Financial Stability Report And Assessment Of Bank Capital Requirements

On 2 December 2025, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (the FPC) published its December Financial Stability Report, as well as a report entitled ‘Financial Stability in Focus...

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

FCA Paper Published On Market Risk Capital Requirements For Investment Firms

On 16 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published an engagement paper on ‘Market risk capital requirements for FCA investment firms'.

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

In The Know: UK-EU Banking And Investment Regulation

In this edition, we discuss latest developments in the UK and EU banking and investment regulation. This issue focuses on key papers relating to capital and prudential developments which were published in December 2025.

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

The UK's Banking Regulator Sets Out Its Supervisory Expectations

United Kingdom Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Splintering Of The International Capital Framework?

Worldwide Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

PRA Near-final Policy Statement On CRR Restatement For 2027 Implementation

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

In The Know: UK-EU Banking And Investment Regulation - November 2025

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Remuneration Code - For Banks, Building Societies And Investment Firms

United Kingdom Finance

LS

Lewis Silkin

UK PRA PS 19/25—Securitisation Prudential Reforms

United Kingdom Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

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Debt Capital Markets

High Court Rejects Attempt By Noteholders To Remove And Replace Trustee Against Wishes Of Issuer

Court grants declaratory relief on construction of loan participation note transaction documents to the effect that only the Issuer had the right to appoint a new Trustee...

United Kingdom Real Estate

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Setting The Private Capital Compass For 2026

The most sophisticated investors are no longer defining themselves by the instruments they use but by the outcomes they deliver: control, alignment, and return in a world where capital is private by design.

United Kingdom Commercial

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

The New UK Prospectus Rules – Significant Change For UK Capital Markets

On 19 January 2026, a new UK prospectus regime, under the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (the "New Prospectus Rules") took effect.

United Kingdom Commercial

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EMIR Reporting of the ‘Stock Split' Corporate Event

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

Prospectus Regime Change In The UK—a Debt Capital Markets Update

United Kingdom Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Capital Markets – New UK Prospectus Regime In Force From 19 January

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

When Do Validations Kick In For Certain EMIR Refit Fields?

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

What Differences Can Corporates Leverage Between US And UK Capital Markets? (Video)

United Kingdom Finance

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

HM Treasury And FCA Publish Comprehensive Cryptoasset Regulatory Framework

United Kingdom Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

When Do Validations Kick In For Certain EMIR Refit Fields?

Reconciliation Phase II (Phase II) is to go live in April 2026 for EU EMIR and September 2026 for UK EMIR.

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

Non-Bank Lending In The Spotlight: Does The UK's Approach To Calculating Bank Regulatory Capital Require Revisiting?

In this GT Alert, we provide an overview of how the amount of regulatory capital that a UK bank is required to hold is quantified and whether there is a case for reconsidering the current approach.

United Kingdom Finance

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Non-Bank Lending In The Spotlight – Does The System Of Calculating Regulatory Capital Require Revisiting?

In October's GT Alert on non-bank lending, we focussed on whether there was a justification in banks being subject to regulatory capital requirements when non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) were not.

United Kingdom Finance

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

UK PRA PS 19/25—Securitisation Prudential Reforms

United Kingdom Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Financial Regulation - In The Know: October 2025

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Understanding Regulatory Risks In Home Purchase Plans vs. Traditional Regulated Mortgage Contracts

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

In Practice: Supreme Court Motor Finance Commission Ruling: What Next For Lenders?

United Kingdom Finance

TS

Travers Smith LLP

Episode 19: Leeds, Leeds, Leeds: Marching On Together In Financial Services (Video)

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

County Court Considers Bank's Possession Rights In Context Of A Mortgage That Is Securitised Or Subject To Covered Bond

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Financial Services

Fintech And Digital Assets: Regulation, Innovation, And Market Integrity

In this article we explore the future UK crypto regime, as well as the proposed regulatory framework for stablecoins. We also discuss the progress of the EU's MiCAR and digital currencies.

United Kingdom Technology

AO

A&O Shearman

Berne Meets Basel Via Brussels - How Access Rights Under The Berne Financial Services Agreement Compare To CRD VI

On 1 January 2026, the Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA) entered into force. The BFSA is a bilateral treaty between Switzerland and the UK, designed to facilitate cross-border wholesale financial services...

United Kingdom Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

High Court Finds Buyer Remains Liable To Pay Seller Directly Where Issuing Bank Refuses Payment Under Documentary Letters Of Credit

The court confirmed that a Letter of Credit will normally operate as a conditional payment, and if payment is not made by the issuing bank, the seller is entitled to the purchase price directly from the buyer...

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

2026 Outlook: Are UK Liquidators Able To Limit Their Liability?

United Kingdom Litigation

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Cultures Reshaped By Automation – Where Is The Human In The Loop?

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

SFDR 2.0 For Fund Managers – A Step In The Right Direction?

United Kingdom Finance

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

FinTech Global FS Regulatory Round-up - W/e 23 January 2026

United Kingdom Technology

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Tribunal Upholds Ban And Fines For Corrupt And Dishonest Adviser

United Kingdom Finance

LS

Lewis Silkin

High Court Rejects Attempt By Noteholders To Remove And Replace Trustee Against Wishes Of Issuer

United Kingdom Real Estate

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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What Differences Can Corporates Leverage Between US And UK Capital Markets? (Video)

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Episode 15: Budget Special & 2026 Predictions (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

Market Moves: Unlocking Opportunities Through JPF Enhancements (Video)

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Jersey Finance Limited

Travers Smith's Alternative Insights: Should You Label Your Next Fund? (Podcast)

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Travers Smith LLP

Empowering Next Gen Wealth Creators Through Behavioural Finance (Podcast)

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Guernsey Finance

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