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Climate Financial Risk Forum publishes guidance for firms on climate-related risks and opportunities On 29 June 2020 the Climate Financial Risk Forum published guidance to help FCA and PRA-regulated firms of all sizes understand the risks and opportunities that arise from the climate emergency and to support firms in integrating these risks and opportuni... Loosening up access to information The UK government has announced plans to introduce a “Financial Institution Notice” which would allow HMRC to request information from financial institutions without prior tribunal approval. The stated aim of this measure is to “bring th... Pensions Bulletin - July 2020 GMP equalisation; EU-US Privacy Shield; PPF COVID-19 levy; Equalisation close Barber window; High Court and RPI hard-wiring. Welcome to the July 2020 Pensions Bulletin from Slaughter and May. In this month's edition, we analyse HM Revenue & ... All change, no change? Corporate reporting in the post-Brexit world With little sign of substantive progress in the negotiations on the future of the UK-EU relationship, UK companies must once again consider preparing for the possibility of a no-deal or “minimal deal” scenario at the end of the transition peri... Tax residence post-MLI Under the MLI (meaning the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS developed by the OECD) residence tie-breakers have been removed from some of the UK's tax treaties in favour of competent authority determinati... Can Corporate PPAs help facilitate the "Green Recovery"? Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPAs) could have great potential to enable a "green recovery". We discuss what corporates should consider before entering a CPPA. As lockdown eases and the UK emerges from the most damaging effects of the C... Insurance Newsletter - July 2020 This newsletter highlights selected legal and regulatory developments in insurance. In this newsletter: The future of insurance regulation post-Brexit Green recovery and the insurance sector The impact of COVID-19 on insurer solvency Back to the future When I first qualified into tax, UK-UK transfer pricing was not a thing.  A UK company could lend money to a fellow UK group company without being required to impute interest on the loan.  A UK parent could guarantee the loan of its UK subsidiar... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - July 2020 Developments covered in this month’s edition include: ECB publishes its Monetary Policy Decisions Single Supervisory Mechanism - ECB publishes report on credit underwriting standards The future of European banking regulation in the aftermath of... The ECB eligibility criteria and asset purchase programmes after the Brexit implementation period In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks across the world set out a range of monetary stimulus packages. One such scheme is the European Central Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (“PEPP”), aimed at supporting Eurozo...