Skyscanner Ltd v. Competition and Markets Authority (E-Commerce Law Reports)
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View ArticleThe United Kingdom's Financial Promotions Regime
The financial promotions restriction "A person ('A') must not, in the course of business, communicate an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity". For these purposes: "Communicate"...
View ArticleMarketing a Fund under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
This briefing is a supplement to our Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive briefing, which is here. In this briefing, we have used the terms we defined in our primary briefing without...
View ArticleThe Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
What is it? The European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive1 (the Directive) came into force on 21 July 2011. The Member States of the European Union were obliged to transpose the...
View ArticleWill the UK and Europe begin to regulate Bitcoins and other virtual, digital...
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View ArticleSolvency II equivalence under threat (InsuranceERM)
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View ArticleWill the UK Begin to Regulate Bitcoins in 2015? (The Lawyer)
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View ArticleThe European Venture Capital and Social Entrepreneurship Funds Regulations
IntroductionThe European law on alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) comes in three main parts: The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD); The European Venture Capital Funds...
View ArticleThe Second Payment Services Directive
Background The first Payment Services Directive (PSD1) was proposed by the European Commission in 2005, and adopted by the European Parliament and Council in 2007. Since then, the retail payments...
View ArticleFinancial Promotions in Social Media for the UK
Introduction The FCA published its Finalised Guidance (FG15/4) on Social media and customer communications: The FCA's supervisory approach to financial promotions in social media on 13 March 2015...
View ArticleRegulatory scrutiny of the retail banking market (Butterworths Journal of...
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View ArticleThe Regulation of Virtual, Digital and Crypto-currencies
Introduction: currencies, money and e-money1 A virtual currency is "a digital representation of value that is neither issued by a central bank or public authority nor necessarily attached to a [fiat...
View ArticleFCA Makes Leaps of Faith Justifying BNY Mellon Fine (Risk.net)
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View ArticleIndustry ‘Brexit' Fears Voiced As Tories Ease Into Power (PaymentsCompliance)
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View ArticleThe Regulation on Interchange Fees for Card-Based Payment Transactions
Background "Payment cards are the most frequently used electronic payment instrument for retail purchases. However, integration of the [European] Union [(EU)] payment card market is far from complete...
View ArticleThe Second Information Accompanying Transfers of Funds Regulation
Background "The full traceability of transfers of funds can be a particularly important and valuable tool in the prevention, detection and investigation of money laundering and terrorist financing, as...
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