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Capitalising On Dislocation And Complexity - Opportunistic Credit In 2026

The private credit market has reached a critical inflection point in 2026, with $1.8tn in global assets under management creating both unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges.

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

FCA Consults On Rebalancing Regulatory Settings To Encourage Retail Investments

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) consultation reflects the ongoing governmental and regulatory push to encourage wider retail participation in private and public capital markets and the benefits of seeking higher financial returns over pure cash savings.

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

Enhancing Financial Services Bill Announced In King's Speech 2026

The UK government has announced the Enhancing Financial Services Bill as part of the King's Speech 2026, delivering key aspects of the Leeds Reforms to modernise financial services regulation. The legislation aims to reform the Financial Ombudsman Service, consolidate the Payment Systems Regulator within the FCA, streamline the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, expand credit union capabilities, and update the bank ring-fencing regime.

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Enhancing Financial Services Bill Announced In King's Speech

The UK government has unveiled plans to modernize financial services regulation through a new bill announced in the King's Speech, aiming to reduce regulatory complexity while maintaining high standards.

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

March 2026 – April 2026 EU-UK Regulatory Round-up

United Kingdom Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The FCA's Innovation Insights Report And What It Means For Financial Services Firms

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

FCA Motor Finance Redress Scheme: Fresh Guidance Amid Legal Challenge

United Kingdom Finance

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Gowling WLG

What Is An NFC-?

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

FCA Issues Open Finance Roadmap With Vision For Smart Data Future

United Kingdom Finance

LS

Lewis Silkin

UK REITs And Private Equity Real Estate Funds: Structuring Considerations

United Kingdom Finance

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Side Letters And MFN Mechanics — Designing Enforceable And Operable Frameworks

United Kingdom Finance

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Dechert

Horizon Scan For Private Investment Funds: Recent Developments And What To Look Out For (May 2026)

United Kingdom Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Investment Management Update - May 2026

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

"Hesitation Is Paralysis”: The Evolving Role Of Insurance In Building Global Resilience

United Kingdom Finance

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Guernsey Finance

UK Employment Rights Act 2025 – April 2026 Changes: What Employers Need To Know (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What Does A Typical Day Look Like For A Case Manager, When Working With CoP Clients? (Video)

United Kingdom Law Performance

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

FinTech Global FS Regulatory Round-up - W/e 24 April 2026

Worldwide Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What Is US Trade Dress Law And How Does It Apply To The World Of Fashion? (Podcast)

United Kingdom International

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HGF Ltd

Caps And Flaws: Ofgem’s Appraisal Of Long Duration Electricity Storage Projects And Lessons From Interconnectors

United Kingdom Energy

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NERA

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Enhancing Financial Services Bill Announced In King's Speech

The UK government has unveiled plans to modernize financial services regulation through a new bill announced in the King's Speech, aiming to reduce regulatory complexity while maintaining high standards.

United Kingdom Finance

LS

Lewis Silkin

What Is An NFC-?

Understanding the classification of Non-Financial Counterparties under EMIR regulations is crucial for determining compliance obligations.

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

EEA Banking Customers Beware. If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get

The EU's sixth capital requirements directive introduces sweeping changes to how non-EEA banks can provide core banking services across the European Economic Area, fundamentally altering the landscape of cross-border...

United Kingdom Finance

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A&O Shearman

FinReg Monthly Update

Worldwide Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

PRA Proposes Funded Reinsurance Reform

United Kingdom Insurance

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Private Credit Valuations: Navigating Volatility, Regulatory Risk And An Evolving Market

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

Consolidation Of Lloyd’s Rules

United Kingdom Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

How Fund Structures Evolved To Shape Today's Private Credit Markets: Part 1 Of 3

United Kingdom Finance

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Dechert

The UK Consults On Significant Changes To Its Securitisation Framework

United Kingdom Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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Debt Capital Markets

Capitalising On Dislocation And Complexity - Opportunistic Credit In 2026

The private credit market has reached a critical inflection point in 2026, with $1.8tn in global assets under management creating both unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges.

United Kingdom Finance

M

Macfarlanes LLP

FCA Consults On Rebalancing Regulatory Settings To Encourage Retail Investments

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) consultation reflects the ongoing governmental and regulatory push to encourage wider retail participation in private and public capital markets and the benefits of seeking higher financial returns over pure cash savings.

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

Enforcing Arbitration Awards With Final Charging Orders: Vantage Mezzanine Fund II V Bitature

The High Court in Vantage Mezzanine Fund II v Bitature granted a final charging order over UK property to assist in the enforcement of an arbitration award arising from Ugandan proceedings.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

Succumbing To Wrongful Payment Demands: What Can Borrowers Do?

United Kingdom Finance

GC

Gatehouse Chambers

Goodwin Advises Tinicum and Blackstone on Their Recommended £1.275 Billion Offer for Senior Plc

United Kingdom Finance

GP

Goodwin Procter LLP

Deep Dive Hybrid Capital Series: An Introduction To Hybrid Capital Solutions – What They Are, Their Use Case And Key Protections

United Kingdom Commercial

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

Financing Deals: Keep Your Options Open

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Accounting Risk In Convertible Loan Notes

United Kingdom Finance

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Barnes Law

SFDR 2.0 In Focus: Key Industry Pressure Points And Early Signals From Council And European Parliament

European Union Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

Securities-backed Lending After Shukla v St James Bank

The Commercial Court's decision in Shukla v St James Bank clarifies that non-recourse lending structures cannot eliminate a borrower's equity of redemption under English law. When a lender refused to cooperate with loan repayment and attempted to retain collateral based on technical defaults, the court struck down contractual provisions that sought to forfeit redemption rights and awarded substantial damages for breach of contract.

United Kingdom Finance

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Withers LLP

First Time Buyer: 7 Things That Slow A Purchase (And How We Prevent Them)

Buying your first home is exciting but it can also feel frustrating when things move more slowly than expected.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Acting For Lenders: What "On Panel” Actually Means For Your Conveyancing Transaction

If you are buying a property with the help of a mortgage, you may hear your estate agent, broker or solicitor talk about whether a firm is “on the lender’s panel”.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

The Post-Dodd-Frank Rollback Begins? New Executive Order Targets Mortgage Origination, Servicing, And Reporting Rules

United Kingdom Consumer

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Property Newsletter: New Year Edition

United Kingdom Real Estate

GC

Gatehouse Chambers

Bonds – When and why are they reportable under MiFIR and EMIR?

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

When Do Validations Kick In For Certain EMIR Refit Fields?

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

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

United Kingdom Finance

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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

United Kingdom Finance

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Financial Services

Capitalising On Dislocation And Complexity - Opportunistic Credit In 2026

The private credit market has reached a critical inflection point in 2026, with $1.8tn in global assets under management creating both unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges.

United Kingdom Finance

M

Macfarlanes LLP

Enhancing Financial Services Bill Announced In King's Speech 2026

The UK government has announced the Enhancing Financial Services Bill as part of the King's Speech 2026, delivering key aspects of the Leeds Reforms to modernise financial services regulation. The legislation aims to reform the Financial Ombudsman Service, consolidate the Payment Systems Regulator within the FCA, streamline the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, expand credit union capabilities, and update the bank ring-fencing regime.

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Government Omits PACCAR Fix From 2026 King’s Speech, Leaving Litigation Funding Reform Uncertain

The UK government’s 2026 King’s Speech did not include legislation to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision in PACCAR ,1 despite the government’s earlier confirmation that it intended...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Enhancing Financial Services Bill Announced In King's Speech

United Kingdom Finance

LS

Lewis Silkin

March 2026 – April 2026 EU-UK Regulatory Round-up

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The FCA's Innovation Insights Report And What It Means For Financial Services Firms

United Kingdom Finance

LS

Lewis Silkin

David Wilson And Leah Krishnarayan Discusses The AIM Reform Agenda In Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence

United Kingdom Commercial

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Hunters

FCA Motor Finance Redress Scheme: Fresh Guidance Amid Legal Challenge

United Kingdom Finance

GW

Gowling WLG

What Is An NFC-?

United Kingdom Finance

TRAction

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Jersey SPVs: The Co‑Investment Advantage (Video)

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Cavenwell Group

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Episode 15: Budget Special & 2026 Predictions (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

Market Moves: The Latest Shifts In The Funds Market (Video)

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Jersey Finance Limited

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