EU's retail package mirrors UK consumer duty, practitioners say

The EU’s executive body has proposed an overhaul of its existing rules for consumer participation in capital markets, some of which practitioners say “mirror” concepts from UK’s new Consumer Duty.

SVB’s new owner sues HSBC over alleged poaching of employees

The new owner of the failed Silicon Valley Bank is suing HSBC, the purchaser of the bank’s UK unit, accusing it of poaching SVB’s employees and misusing confidential, proprietary and trade secret …

Data gaps: the key challenge for sustainability and climate disclosure

With more disclosure regulations and standards soon to be implemented, participants at a recent sustainable finance summit in Amsterdam discussed the increasing need for reliable data and methodologies related to sustainability and …

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New rules on advertisements for virtual currencies in Belgium

Reforms coming into force in May will provide a new legal framework for cryptocurrency ads to protect Belgian consumers The Belgian Financial…

The key elements of the new Spanish Securities Markets Law

The new Law approved systematizes and reorganizes the Spanish securities market regulation, adapts it to the recent provisions in several European…

Pivotal overhaul of China's financial supervision framework

China's State Council submitted a proposal to China's National People's Congress, for deliberation. This proposal aims to restructure China's financial supervisory apparatus, which would be the first major overhaul of financial supervision …

Summary of BaFin Q&A re EU Regulation on sustainability‐related disclosures in financial services sector

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) recently released a Q&A regarding Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and…

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