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What's holding back UK green consumer finance? A financial services perspective

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:42:55 +0100

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What is green finance, why is it needed and what are the challenges?

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AIFMD II: what Europe's fund managers need to know about the new loan origination regime

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:22:26 +0100

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New requirements will regulate EEA alternative investment fund managers' loan origination activities

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Draghi report on EU competitiveness offers new recommendations for pharma and biotech

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:09:56 +0100

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The former European central banker's report delivers strategic insights for pharma companies doing business in the EU

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EU competitiveness report pushes for greener and digitalised medical and IVD

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:50:12 +0100

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The Draghi report warns of the major impact on medical device firms from digitalisation and heavy regulation

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PSD3 and PSR: Impact on payment and e-money institutions

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:15:40 +0100

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The new regulations on payment services foresee new requirements for payment institutions to strengthen the legal framework already established by PSD2 and aim to adapt to the current and future needs of the payments industry

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UK Knowledge Collection | Timeline for consumer and competition law changes, new sanctions enforcement body, and public procurement

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:53:50 +0100

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Welcome to this week's Knowledge Collection

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Invalidity of the joint and several guarantee (afianzamiento solidario) clause and waiver of the benefits of excusion, order and division when the guarantors qualify as consumers

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:48:12 +0100

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The Provincial Court of Cadiz declares the joint and several guarantee (afianzamiento solidario) clause in two leasing agreements, as well as the waiver of the benefits of excusion, order and division of the personal guarantee in relation to the guarantors who are consumers, to be null and void as abusive

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'More to do' – UK FCA reviews principals' oversight of appointed representatives

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:45:35 +0100

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FCA analysis finds some principal firms are taking a 'bare minimum' approach and are not 'getting the basics right'

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ESMA sets stricter guidelines for ESG and sustainability-related fund names

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:51:07 +0100

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New rules, aimed at reducing greenwashing, require stricter criteria for funds using ESG or sustainability terms - though some uncertainties remain

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Taking the pulse of public procurement in Spain

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:36:15 +0100

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We examine two crucial issues in Spanish public procurement according to the annual report of the Independent Office for Regulation and Oversight of Public Procurement: collusive practices and corruption

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UK Public Service Pensions Update | September 2024

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:31:01 +0100

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Welcome to the latest edition of the UK Public Service Pensions Update

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UK Employment Law Coffee Break: Equal pay, our HR pensions spotlight for September and the latest news on incentives

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:04:42 +0100

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Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments for UK employers

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Cyber Security | UK Regulatory Outlook September 2024