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Attracting more IPOs to London: FCA and Government publish proposals The FCA and HM Treasury have proposed some of the most significant changes to the UK listing and prospectus regimes for many years and are designed primarily to attract more companies to list in London.  This month the FCA and HM Treasury proposed s... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - July 2021 Development's in this month's edition include: Regulation and Directive on digital operational resilience – European Central Bank publishes Opinion Single supervisory mechanism – European Central Bank Regulation amending Regulation... Contractual obligation is no excuse for disposition of property in a winding up This client briefing discusses a Court of Final Appeal’s decision concerning the application of section 182 of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance. Background Section 182 of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous... What next for UK Solvency II? On 1 July HM Treasury published a summary of the responses it received to its autumn 2020 call for evidence on the Review of Solvency II. In this client briefing we highlight some of the key points raised by respondents and the next steps in the process. ... Nature – The next ESG frontier for corporates? A company’s relationship with the environment goes beyond its CO2 emissions. While boards will understandably be focused on recent climate-related initiatives, organisations should also be thinking about their impacts and dependencies on the natural... Employment Bulletin - July 2021 Upcoming Employment Bill: latest developments; “Childcare disparity” assumed in discrimination claims; Executive entitled to bonuses for projects completed after redundancy; Gender critical beliefs were protected Topics covered in this bullet... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (23 June - 6 July 2021) Fine reduction for HSBC as European Commission re-adopts EURIBOR decisions Fine reduction for HSBC as European Commission re-adopts EURIBOR decisions On 28 June 2021 the European Commission adopted two decisions against three major banks in respect of a... FCA proposal for a “consumer duty”: a policy roadmap for product design? The FCA is consulting on its proposal to introduce a new “consumer duty” which is envisaged to set substantively higher standards for the level of care that firms must give to their customers. Natalie Barnes, Associate in the Financial Regula... International tax reform – now it’s time to get excited! In my previous blog, I couldn’t get too excited about the G7’s announcement on 5 June that agreement in principle had been reached on some key aspects of international tax reform because there was so little detail and an agreement between 7 se... Global carbon markets after COP26: The past, present, and future The new rules on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, agreed at COP26, offer an international governance framework for deploying environmentally effective and transparent carbon markets. These carbon markets could help enable companies, and other private act...