by Victoria Smith | 2022-11-08 | Our Thinking
summary Emerging crypto regulation in the United Kingdom (“UK”) On 25 October 2022, the House of Commons voted in favour of adding crypto to the scope of activities to be regulated via the proposed Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022-23 (the “Bill”). The Bill has...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-10-19 | Our Thinking
summary Several financial regulations have come in place over the last few months to increase accountability as well as enhance consumer and investor protection. Most notably, there is the introduction of the Financial Accountability Regime (“FAR”) which will impose...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-10-18 | Our Thinking
On 21 April 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its proposal for the Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Regulation (the “Draft Regulation”). It represents the Commission’s attempt to regulate AI technologies, setting out a cross-sectoral regulatory...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-10-10 | Our Thinking
summary In a judgement handed down on 20 September 2022, Moshinsky J of the Federal Court held in favour of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”) against member companies of the AMP group in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-10-10 | Our Thinking
background Following Lord Hill’s UK Listings Review Report in March 2021 on the proposed reforms for the UK equity capital markets, on 19 July 2022, the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review (“SCRR”) was published. The aim of the SCRR is to increase the efficiency of...
by Victoria Smith | 2022-10-04 | Our Thinking
On 28 July 2022, the Law Commission of England and Wales (the “Commission”) published a consultation paper (the “Paper”) on Digital Assets where it considers property rights issues, and specifically, private personal property law, in relation to digital assets...
