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1 week ago | 
jdsupra.com | Christopher Collins |Carolyn Jackson |Nathaniel W. Lalone
On 29 April, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the publication by HM Treasury of near-final legislation to bring cryptoassets within the scope of the UK’s regulatory perimeter.
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2 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Neil Robson |Carolyn Jackson |Nathaniel W. Lalone |Christopher Collins
KM Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP More Katten is a firm of first choice for clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services globally. Our nationally and internationally recognized practices include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth.
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2 weeks ago | 
jdsupra.com | Christopher Collins |Carolyn Jackson |Nathaniel W. Lalone
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently published a consultation paper (CP25/9) setting out further proposals on product information for consumer composite investments (CCIs), i.e., investments where the returns are dependent on the performance of or changes in the value of indirect investments. Background On 21 November 2024, the UK government enacted the Consumer Composite Investments (Designated Activities) Regulations 2024.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Carl Kennedy |Carolyn Jackson |Nathaniel W. Lalone |Christopher Collins
The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity FuturesTrading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn its previous staff advisoryletter on swap execution facility (SEF) registration requirements(Letter 21-19).
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Daniel Davis |Alexander Kim |Trisha Sircar |Carolyn Jackson
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take isa monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developmentspotentially affecting financial markets and funds. By Daniel Davis, Alexander KimPublished by Bloomberg Law, the article looks at therecent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit inthe case of Van Loon v. US Treasury and its significantimplications for blockchain technology, particularly concerning thedistinction between mutable and immutable smart contracts.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Carolyn Jackson |Christopher Collins |Ciara McBrien |Larry Wong
On 5 February 2025, the UK Financial Conduct Authority(FCA) published a policy statement(PS25/1) setting out its response and finalposition in relation to reforming the UK's commodityderivatives regulatory framework (Framework). BackgroundThe FCA consulted on the changes to the Framework in December2023 (CP23/27), proposing key changes regardingcommodity derivatives transactions in the UK.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Carolyn Jackson |Nathaniel W. Lalone |Neil Robson |Christopher Collins
KM Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP More Katten is a firm of first choice for clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services globally. Our nationally and internationally recognized practices include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. United States Finance and Banking
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Christopher Collins |Carolyn Jackson |Nathaniel W. Lalone
[co-author: Larry Wong]Following the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s February 2024 consultation on changes to its Enforcement Guide and publicising enforcement investigations (CP 24/2) (First Consultation), the FCA has issued a further consultation on its proposals in November 2024 (CP 24/2, part 2) (Second Consultation). The Second Consultation sets out changes to the FCA’s initial proposals in response to feedback from the First Consultation.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Carolyn Jackson
Following the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s February 2024 consultation on changes to its Enforcement Guide and publicising enforcement investigations (CP 24/2) (First Consultation), the FCA has issued a further consultation on its proposals in November 2024 (CP 24/2, part 2) (Second Consultation). The Second Consultation sets out changes to the FCA’s initial proposals in response to feedback from the First Consultation.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Christopher Collins |Carolyn Jackson |Nathaniel W. Lalone
The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on investment fraud and fairer financial services (a group of thirty Members of Parliament and a dozen members of the House of Lords) has published a press release and a “hard-hitting” report (Report) following its call for evidence (Call for Evidence) regarding current issues with the UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
