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The Edinburgh Reforms - post-Brexit financial (de)regulation
Tailored regulatory reform at its best or a race to the bottom? John Verwey and Sulaiman Malik provide an overview of the Edinburgh Reforms and their potential impact on the UK's status as a global financial hub.
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02 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 5 - 01 February 2023
Why consider machine learning for transaction monitoring?
The introduction of machine learning models alongside rules-based systems for transaction monitoring can significantly reduce alert volumes while also identifying cases of suspicious activity that would not have been found through the traditional rules-based method. This hybrid approach is gaining favour with regulators, say Priya Giuliani and Donald Andersen.
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02 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 5 - 01 February 2023
UK Transition Plan Taskforce: consultation on sector-neutral transition plans
The transition to net-zero requires high quality and credible transition plans. Such plans not only enable companies and financial institutions to meet their net-zero commitments, they also ensure investors can make better-informed capital allocation decisions. Charlotte Hill and Daniel Hirschfield review the recent consultation on sector-neutral transition plans.
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02 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 5 - 01 February 2023
Is the FTX fiasco crypto's 'Lehman moment'?
Recent interventions by governments and authorities around the globe indicate that tougher regulation of digital assets is the direction of travel. Kate Gee and Tom Crawford explore these developments, as well as whether the alleged FTX fraud could act as a catalyst.
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02 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 5 - 01 February 2023
FCA fines Santander £108 million for repeated AML failings
A recent enforcement case once again demonstrates that "criminals do not need to be particularly clever or sophisticated to launder funds through a bank. Rather, they can rely on banks failing to implement fundamental AML controls properly," writes Denis O'Connor.
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02 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 5 - 01 February 2023
The FCA's ESG investment labelling proposals
The UK has opted to diverge from the EU in its approach to designating the ESG credentials of investments - with a focus on labelling from a retail investor perspective, rather than a disclosure system like its European neighbours. Compliance teams should not delay in assessing how their products will conform to the proposed rules, as well as where the product will fall when moving from one regime to the other, urge Tim Dolan and Voirrey Blount.
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02 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 5 - 01 February 2023
Promoting high-risk investments - the FCA's reform of COBS 4
New rules designed to curtail the public's access to restricted and non-mass-market investments do not ameliorate the sheer fiddliness of this subject. Would it not be simpler if the FCA just banned the sale of all non-mainstream products to retail clients? suggests Adam Samuel.
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02 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 5 - 01 February 2023
Amigo avoids £73m fine despite exposing 25% of guarantors to loan debts
The guarantor lender Amigo has evaded a £73 million FCA fine even though a quarter of the loans it made had to be repaid by guarantors after the borrowers defaulted.
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23 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 6 - 01 March 2023
Pension transfer firms ignore FCA warnings on British Steel compensation procedures
At least 15 pension transfer firms are putting themselves at risk of being disciplined by the FCA for "serious malpractice".
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24 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 6 - 01 March 2023
Ban on referral fees will end current business model for debt packaging firms
Debt packaging firms that introduce clients to insolvency practitioners and other 'debt solution providers' could be banned from receiving referral fees within a few months, under slightly revised FCA proposals.
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24 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 6 - 01 March 2023
FCA consults on fund manager priorities for post-Brexit rule reform
The FCA is considering upgrading the rules for portfolio managers so that they are subject to the same requirements as fund managers on investment due diligence and managing liquidity.
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28 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 6 - 01 March 2023
FCA and West Yorkshire Police target illegal crypto ATM operations
The FCA is investigating "several sites" in the city of Leeds on the suspicion that they have been "hosting illegally operated crypto ATMs".
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28 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 6 - 01 March 2023
UK could provide stable legal base for issuing digital bonds and equities
The United Kingdom could set "a global standard in internationally mobile digital markets" and become a leading jurisdiction in blockchain and DLT transactions, according to lawyers on the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce.
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28 February 2023
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Vol 35 No 6 - 01 March 2023