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Spotlight On AI In Financial Services
Financial services regulators are developing new approaches to supervise AI use in capital markets, with IOSCO's recent toolkit revealing key expectations around governance, risk management, and human oversight. This analysis examines what banks and financial institutions need to know about regulatory priorities for AI deployment, from addressing hallucination risks to managing third-party dependencies. Understanding these supervisory frameworks is essential for firms seeking to align their AI strategies wi
United Kingdom Finance
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A&O Shearman
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UK Cryptoasset Regime: Draft Regulations And FCA Perimeter Guidance Provide Further Clarity
The UK's cryptoasset regulatory framework is evolving with new draft Regulations and FCA perimeter guidance that clarify how stablecoins, safeguarding, trading platforms and related services will be regulated. These developments introduce targeted exemptions and exclusions designed to distinguish lower-risk payment activities from higher-risk trading and lending services, while providing firms with greater regulatory certainty ahead of the regime's full implementation in October 2027.
United Kingdom Finance
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Lewis Silkin
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Stress To Success: Key Takeaways From Our Opportunistic Credit Seminar
Macfarlanes and PwC explore the evolving opportunistic credit market, examining how investors navigate competitive financing landscapes, identify investable opportunities amid sector-specific stress, and deploy sophisticated structuring tools to protect downside risk. The discussion reveals critical insights on pricing discipline, early intervention strategies, and the expanding toolkit available to credit investors managing complex situations.
United Kingdom Finance
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Macfarlanes LLP
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UK Vessel Registration: Benefits, Legal Protection and Commercial Advantages
UK vessel registration offers vessel owners far more than administrative compliance. From legal protection under English maritime law to international recognition and access to marine finance, Part I Registration on the UK Ship Register provides significant commercial and operational advantages for both private and commercial vessel owners navigating global waters.
United Kingdom Transport
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Lester Aldridge LLP
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The New Scottish Moveable Transactions Regimes – Some Enforcement And Insolvency Issues
Scotland's Moveable Transactions Act 2023 has fundamentally transformed security enforcement and insolvency procedures by introducing statutory pledges and assignations. How do these new fixed security regimes expand practical enforcement options beyond traditional administration, and what boundary issues will insolvency practitioners need to navigate as secured creditor rights evolve?
United Kingdom Finance
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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
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Acquisition Finance/LBOs/MBOs

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Stress To Success: Key Takeaways From Our Opportunistic Credit Seminar
Macfarlanes and PwC explore the evolving opportunistic credit market, examining how investors navigate competitive financing landscapes, identify investable opportunities amid sector-specific stress, and deploy sophisticated structuring tools to protect downside risk. The discussion reveals critical insights on pricing discipline, early intervention strategies, and the expanding toolkit available to credit investors managing complex situations.
United Kingdom Finance
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Macfarlanes LLP
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Goodwin Advises Tinicum and Blackstone on Their Recommended £1.275 Billion Offer for Senior Plc
A consortium of investment funds advised by Tinicum and Blackstone has launched a £1.275 billion recommended offer for FTSE 250-listed Senior plc, an international engineering solutions provider serving aerospace, defence, and energy markets. This high-profile public-to-private transaction highlights continued private equity interest in UK listed companies with strong fundamentals and long-term growth potential in the defence and aerospace sector.
United Kingdom Finance
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Goodwin Procter LLP
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Spotlight On AI In Financial Services
Financial services regulators are developing new approaches to supervise AI use in capital markets, with IOSCO's recent toolkit revealing key expectations around governance, risk management, and human oversight. This analysis examines what banks and financial institutions need to know about regulatory priorities for AI deployment, from addressing hallucination risks to managing third-party dependencies. Understanding these supervisory frameworks is essential for firms seeking to align their AI strategies wi
United Kingdom Finance
AO
A&O Shearman
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UK Cryptoasset Regime: Draft Regulations And FCA Perimeter Guidance Provide Further Clarity
The UK's cryptoasset regulatory framework is evolving with new draft Regulations and FCA perimeter guidance that clarify how stablecoins, safeguarding, trading platforms and related services will be regulated. These developments introduce targeted exemptions and exclusions designed to distinguish lower-risk payment activities from higher-risk trading and lending services, while providing firms with greater regulatory certainty ahead of the regime's full implementation in October 2027.
United Kingdom Finance
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Lewis Silkin
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Ponzi Schemes - How To Recognise Them And Avoid Them
Ponzi schemes continue to ensnare unsuspecting investors more than a century after Charles Ponzi's original fraud, with recent high-profile cases involving celebrities and athletes demonstrating the enduring appeal of promises for unrealistically high returns. From a Texas-based scheme that caught NFL player Travis Kelce to a bedroom operation in Devon that defrauded hundreds, these frauds exploit victims' lack of investment knowledge and create artificial urgency to prevent careful consideration. Understan
United Kingdom Criminal
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Giambrone & Partners
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