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EU: ESMA's recommendations on changes to the Short Selling Regulation
ESMA has published its Technical Advice on the evaluation of the EU Short Selling Regulation ("SSR" - Regulation 236/2012 of the European Parliament and …
Australian funds, are you FATCA ready?
FATCA is United States legislation which is designed to enable the IRS to obtain information about offshore accounts held by US. taxpayers. The …
The cost of complying with FATCA - similar initiatives to follow?
HMRC has published draft regulations for compliance with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The draft regulations are published …
UK: FCA revises note on notification process for exemptions under Short Selling Regulation
The FCA has published a revised note on the process for making notifications to the FCA in order to benefit from the exemption for market …
Our new Asia disputes blog
We have today launched Herbert Smith Freehills’ new Asia disputes blog, Asia Disputes Notes, where you will find the latest updates on disputes related …
UK: Whistleblowing in the workplace: Your Views
As you may know, the whistleblowing charity, Public Concern at Work, recently published a consultation paper to examine the effectiveness of existing …
Solvency II – "an object lesson in how not to make law"
Andrew Tyrie MP (Chairman of the Treasury Committee) recently described Solvency II as "an object lesson in how not to make law". In similar vein, …
UK: FCA provisional decision to fine and ban former NED of financial firm for failing to disclose conflicts of interest
The FCA has published a notice of its decision to fine a former non-executive director (NED) of two mutual societies £154,800, and …
Indonesia: BKPM issues new regulation concerning new foreign controllers in Indonesian public companies and treatment of subsidiaries of foreign owned Indonesian companies
Indonesia's Capital Investment Coordinating Board ("BKPM") has recently published a regulation (Regulation No. 5 of 2013 concerning Investment Guidelines …
EU, UK: A new definition of "Code Staff" - key issues and summary of the draft rules
The European Banking Authority ("EBA") has published draft regulatory technical standards on the definition of Identified Staff ("Code Staff" under the …
May 2013 Corporate Crime Update
The May 2013 edition of our Corporate Crime Update covers developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters …
ISDA’s Financial Law Reform Committee discusses model arbitration clauses
Following the release by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA“) of various draft model arbitration clauses for use with the 1992 …
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