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2025 updates to the Green and Social Loan Principles On 26 March 2025, following their latest review, the loan market trade associations published updated versions of the Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (together, the Loan Principles) and related guidance[1]. The changes are mostly c... 2025 updates to the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles On 26 March 2025, following their latest review, the loan market trade associations published updated versions of the Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (together, the Loan Principles) and related guidance[1]. The changes are mostly c... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: CMA issues first labour markets antitrust infringement decision in sports broadcasting sector On 21 March 2025, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority issued its first antitrust infringement decision in relation to labour market practices – concerning bilateral exchanges of competitively sensitive information about freelance workers’ fees betw... Real Estate Newsletter - April 2025 NEWS Little by little Amendments to Renters’ Rights Bill Some important charges have been made as the Bill passes through the parliamentary process. There is a new proposal to ban any requirement for more than one month’s rent to be paid in advance. This ... Insurance update: the PRA’s proposed Matching Adjustment Investment Accelerator and latest publications from the FCA A new age dawns for consumer protection in the UK The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) came into force on 6 April 2025, overhauling the UK’s consumer protection regime.  The CMA has heralded this as a “step-change in more direct, impactful consumer protection” as, for t... Future regulation of alternative fund managers: towards a more proportionate regime The UK’s asset management sector has been a core part of the City’s success; second only in size to the United States, it is able to draw from deep pools not only of capital but of talent. Alternative investment fund managers (“AIFMs”) have a prominent ro... Getting ready for PISCES: A new liquidity mechanism for private companies Employment Rates and Limits 2025 Compensation limits (including unfair dismissal); statutory payments; income tax and National Insurance rates; National Minimum Wage; amounts recoverable from the National Insurance Fund. Document setting out the current relevant rate... Employment Bulletin - April 2025 Topics covered in this bulletin: Employment Rights Bill: latest developments, New Employment Rates and Limits, Dismissal for failure to disclose previous misconduct dismissal on application form was reasonable, Consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disa...