12/15/2020 11:48:12 AM All change for the UK Listing Regime? Time to question some fundamentals in the post-EU world By Howard Kennedy On 19 November 2020, HM Treasury announced a wide-ranging review of the UK listing regime. As a starting point, it has issued a call for...
11/25/2020 5:56:35 PM Will Blockchain Create a Greener Fashion Industry? By Howard Kennedy The clothing industry and Blockchain on first glance appear to be two polar opposites, yet it seems they actually go hand-in-hand. Both...
11/11/2020 12:00:00 AM The Financial Services Sector and Sustainability - a Winning Combination By Howard Kennedy The news has been inundated with headlines expressing the importance of tackling climate change and the transition to a cleaner and less...
11/9/2020 1:47:42 PM ESG picking up momentum – Scottish Widows pulls £440m of company holdings By Howard Kennedy The pensions and insurance giant Scottish Widows has announced plans to divest nearly half a billion pounds of company investments that...
10/26/2020 4:49:40 PM Disclosure Obligations for Sustainable Investment Funds and Products By Howard Kennedy There are only six months left until the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") comes into force on 10 March 2021. Asset...
10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM Ban on sale of cryptocurrency derivatives to retail consumers: Justified Caution or One Step Back? By Howard Kennedy The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the sale of cryptocurrency related derivatives to retail consumers, publishing its...
9/23/2020 10:29:23 AM Blockchain - Are We Ready? By Howard Kennedy Use of Blockchain in the Legal Sector On 7 September 2020, London Tech Week 2020 was kicked off with the release of The Tech London...
7/22/2020 12:00:00 AM Cryptoasset crackdown: Government proposals to bring cryptoasset promotion within the scope of the financial promotion regime By Howard Kennedy HM Treasury's latest consultation on bringing cryptoasset promotion within the scope of the financial promotion regime seeks to find the...
7/21/2020 6:06:28 PM Firms approving Financial Promotions to pass through regulatory gateway?: HM Treasury consult on proposed reforms By Howard Kennedy HM Treasury have proposed a regulatory framework which would require authorised firms to obtain the FCA's consent before they can approve...
6/19/2020 8:33:45 AM Ban on retail sale of "high risk investments" broadened and made permanent by FCA By Howard Kennedy The Financial Conduct Authority has been extremely busy of late proposing and implementing new policy; the latest targets on their...
6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM Sea-change for over 45,000 FCA regulated firms as the assessing adequate financial resources framework is introduced By Howard Kennedy If you haven't heard about the FCA's "FG 20/1 Our framework: assessing adequate financial resources" (the "Framework") published on 11...
6/4/2020 12:44:14 PM Covid19 & financial regulation: The return to the office By Howard Kennedy As we contemplate working practices post-lockdown, FCA-regulated firms (indeed, any business) may be wondering not just whether it is...