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High Court Refuses Administrators' Application To Close Out FX Contracts Before Maturity

The decision found that allowing a party to terminate before maturity based solely on their own economic interest was inconsistent with the terms and commercial purpose of the FX contracts...

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

OFSI Fines The Bank Of Scotland For Sanctions Breach: Key Compliance Lessons

On 26 January 2026, the United Kingdom's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published a penalty notice regarding a breach of UK financial sanctions by the Bank of Scotland Plc (Bank of Scotland).

United Kingdom Finance

KG

K&L Gates LLP

High Court Upholds FCA Decision To Announce Investigation And Name Relevant Firm

In the first detailed judicial analysis of the FCA's "exceptional circumstances" test for announcements about enforcement investigations, the court dismissed a judicial review brought by The Claims Protection Agency Ltd (CPAL),, a claims management company

United Kingdom Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Rewriting The Risk Management Playbook: 2025 European Chief Risk Officer Survey

This paper draws on insights from our survey and in-depth discussions in 2025 with Chief Risk Officers (CROs) at financial services institutions in Europe.

United Kingdom Finance

A

AlixPartners

Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Six Fixes For SFDR 2.0

United Kingdom Finance

TS

Travers Smith LLP

EXPO REAL 2025: A Time To Get Personal

European Union Finance

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

UK Moves Ahead With Voluntary Oversight Regime For Sustainability Assurance

United Kingdom Finance

M

Macfarlanes LLP

The UK FCA Consults On Changes To The UK Short Selling Regime

United Kingdom Finance

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

The Berne Financial Services Agreement: Key Points For Swiss Firms

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK FCA's Non-financial Misconduct Framework: Strategies For September Implementation

United Kingdom Finance

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Dechert

Catherine Gage Explains The Impact Of Martyn's Law In Charity Finance

United Kingdom Finance

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Hunters

UK Crypto Regulation Moves Forward: Lending, Staking & DeFi - Key Takeaways From FCA CP25/40

United Kingdom Finance

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

FCA Consults On The Application Of Key Regulatory Requirements To UK Crypto-Asset Firms

United Kingdom Finance

JD

Jones Day

Private Credit CLOs In Europe: From Pioneering Structures To A Scalable Product

European Union Finance

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Dechert

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

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Employer Compliance Essentials: Navigating The UK Right To Work Check Scheme (Podcast)

United Kingdom Immigration

MB

Mayer Brown

Beyond The Buzz: What Is Driving Stablecoin Adoption? (Podcast)

United Kingdom Technology

AO

A&O Shearman

Our Tech Predictions For 2026

United Kingdom Technology

LS

Lewis Silkin

COP30: What Were The Key Outcomes?

Worldwide Environment

TS

Travers Smith LLP

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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

EXPO REAL 2025: A Time To Get Personal

EXPO REAL 2025 marked a major shift in the real estate investment landscape, as industry leaders began to take action despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.

European Union Finance

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

The UK FCA Consults On Changes To The UK Short Selling Regime

On 28 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper setting out proposed changes to the UK short selling regime.

United Kingdom Finance

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Understanding Financial Abuse And Economic Abuse: Protection And Support (30 January 2026)

Financial abuse, also known as economic abuse, is a serious form of domestic abuse that affects many people across the UK.

United Kingdom Employment

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

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

Setting The Private Capital Compass For 2026

United Kingdom Commercial

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

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

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

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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

High Court Refuses Administrators' Application To Close Out FX Contracts Before Maturity

The decision found that allowing a party to terminate before maturity based solely on their own economic interest was inconsistent with the terms and commercial purpose of the FX contracts...

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

OFSI Fines The Bank Of Scotland For Sanctions Breach: Key Compliance Lessons

On 26 January 2026, the United Kingdom's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published a penalty notice regarding a breach of UK financial sanctions by the Bank of Scotland Plc (Bank of Scotland).

United Kingdom Finance

KG

K&L Gates LLP

High Court Upholds FCA Decision To Announce Investigation And Name Relevant Firm

In the first detailed judicial analysis of the FCA's "exceptional circumstances" test for announcements about enforcement investigations, the court dismissed a judicial review brought by The Claims Protection Agency Ltd (CPAL),, a claims management company

United Kingdom Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Rewriting The Risk Management Playbook: 2025 European Chief Risk Officer Survey

United Kingdom Finance

A

AlixPartners

Upper Tribunal Backs HMRC In Mixed Member Rules Case

United Kingdom Tax

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Travers Smith's Sustainability Insights: Six Fixes For SFDR 2.0

United Kingdom Finance

TS

Travers Smith LLP

FCA Enforcement Watch And Beyond – Five Headline Trends For 2026

United Kingdom Litigation

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

EXPO REAL 2025: A Time To Get Personal

European Union Finance

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

UK Moves Ahead With Voluntary Oversight Regime For Sustainability Assurance

United Kingdom Finance

M

Macfarlanes LLP

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Latest Videos

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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)

TS

Travers Smith LLP

Business Reporter – Best Of British Business: Keeping The Engine Behind Your Market Data Running (Video)

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CJC Ltd

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