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A round-up of other developments, which have not been covered in full by the LexisNexis Financial Services practical guidance team but may...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published quarterly consultation paper No. 48 (CP25/16) to propose a series of amendments to its Handbook...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has led an international initiative to address unauthorised financial promotions by social media finfluencers....
The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (Markets in Cryptoassets Regulation (MiCA)) with...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed that, from 2 July 2025, 24 additional banks will be incorporated into the euro short-term rate (€STR)...
Venture capital investmentVenture capital is a type of private equity investment provided to early stage, start-up businesses with little or no...
SM&CR—essentials for claims management companiesIntroductionThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) took over regulation of the claims management sector...
Supranational regulation of digital assets from a payments and e-money perspectiveBackground to this Practice NoteIn this Practice Note, the term...
How to deal with the FCAStop Press: On 3 June 2025, the FCA published Policy Statement PS25/5, introducing the new Enforcement Guide (ENFG), which...
Use of attestations by the FCA and the PRAStop Press: On 3 June 2025, the FCA published Policy Statement PS25/5, introducing the new Enforcement Guide...
Environmental Targets for a Limited Partnership Agreement (Stella & Flora’s Clause) (The Chancery Lane Project)This clause consists of amendments and...
Sustainability glossary terms (The Chancery Lane Project)These Precedent sustainability definitions, produced by The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) as...
Joint and several liability clause1Joint and several liability[Except for clauses [insert],] the liabilities and obligations of [insert names of...
Dealing Procedures ManualThis precedent memorandum sets out the procedures to be followed by a listed company and its subsidiaries in relation to...
Model discretionary investment management agreementThe model discretionary investment management agreement can be found on the Investment...
Financial Conduct Authority—Principles for Businesses (PRIN)This Practice Note explains the Principles for Businesses (PRIN) set down by the Financial...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has identified several breaches by Monzo Bank Limited (Monzo) of the Retail Banking Market Investigation...
Insurance conduct regulation—COBS and ICOBSThe Financial Conduct Authority Handbook (FCA Handbook) includes sourcebooks to regulate the conduct of...
Second charge mortgage regimeSecond charge mortgages definedA regulated second charge mortgage is a loan secured on a borrower’s property that is used...
FCA client money rulesBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
Non-UCITS retail schemes (NURS)This Practice Note explores non-UCITS retail schemes (NURS) and comments on investment powers, key investor information...
Introduction to the UK AML/CTF/CPF legal and regulatory framework for financial servicesThis Practice Note provides a detailed introduction to the...
Debt sale and purchase agreementsThe debt sale and purchase market is an important way for lenders and debt sellers to reduce balance sheet liability....
Consumer Credit Act 1974—early settlementIntroduction to early settlementBorrowers are entitled, at any time, to bring regulated agreements to an end....
FCA Handbook—introductionBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
Unregulated collective investment schemes—essentialsWhat are unregulated collective investment schemes?In the UK, an unregulated collective investment...
Credit limitsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the rules that apply to credit limits. A borrower will be set a credit limit on the maximum...
Consumer credit agreements—pre-contract requirementsBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit...
What are regulated activities?Scope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note explains what constitutes regulated activities under the UK regulatory...
MiFID and non-MiFID businessThis Practice Note summarises what MiFID business is as the term is defined in the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
Part VII Transfer of Banking BusinessBackgroundAs noted in Practice Note: Insurance business transfer schemes, a regime for transferring portfolios of...
Financial Services Act 2012The Financial Services Act 2012 (FSA 2012) received Royal Assent on 19 December 2012 and went into effect on 1 April 2013....
Exclusion which applies when providing information to a policyholder or potential policyholder and means that the solicitor is not arranging and assisting in the performance of a contract of insurance
An AIF which: (i) invests at least 85% of its assets in units or shares of another AIF (the ‘master AIF’), (ii) invests at least 85% of its assets in more than one master AIF where those master AIFs have identical investment strategies, or (iii) has otherwise an exposure of at least 85% of its assets to such a master AIF (Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD), Art 4(1)(m)).
Broadly, an offshore fund that is not a reporting fund.