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Financial Services Bill - Brought from the Commons on 14th January 2021



Ignore the fish
In a week when most focus was on the resurrection of 19th Century-style gunboat diplomacy off Jersey, there were in fact a couple of key...
May 7, 2021


Across the line
The Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) took another major step forward this week, as both Houses of Parliament passed the Financial Services...
Apr 30, 2021


Grab your racquets – maybe
The end is in sight for the Financial Services Bill, which has been been handed back to the House of Commons following final scrutiny and...
Apr 23, 2021


MAR data time limit killed by FS Bill
The UK government put forward an amendment to its own proposed legislation that would remove the time limit on retention of personal data...
Apr 16, 2021


Best laid plans…
Parliamentarians poised to return to work on 12 April after the Easter recess face the tricky task of deciding how much business to...
Apr 9, 2021


Agreeing to have agreements, possibly
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announced between the UK and EU was a significant non-event in respect of the number of equivalence...
Mar 31, 2021


Finally, finger-in-eye time at HoL
‘Vulnerabilities, behavioural biases or constrained choices’ have been flagged up as reasons to force the Financial Conduct Authority to...
Mar 26, 2021


Luxembourg mulls Brexit realities
The Alfi European Asset Management Conference 2021 took place this past week, and Brexit was firmly on the agenda as the EU's primary...
Mar 19, 2021


Consumer protection fangs bared
Between last week's publication of a Review of UK listing rules and this week's latest latest House of Lords Grand Committee debate it is...
Mar 12, 2021


As Lords ponder, Italy flexes its muscles
Watching the House of Lords do a line-by-line review of the Financial Services Bill 2019-21 can be as exciting as watching paint dry. Far...
Mar 5, 2021
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