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As part of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) 2017 restructuring, members with defined benefit (DB) pensions were asked to make complex decisions about transferring their pensions within a short ...
Author(s): Andrew Murphy, Amy Rentell
Two UK government reports highlight where progress is needed for the UK life sciences industry (and its regulator) In summary: Two recent UK government reports highlight areas where further progress i...
Author(s): Harriet Hanks
In early July 2022, the Africa Arbitration Academy (the Academy) launched its model bilateral investment treaty for African States (the Model BIT). The Academy was set up to help arbitration practitio...
Author(s): Hannah Eckhoff, Gregorio Pettazzi
In April 2022, in the response to its consultation on regulatory approach to, among other things, distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial markets, HM Treasury (HMT) confirmed that it would de...
Author(s): Claire Harrop, Claudia Rugue
Earlier this year, we considered the use of sustainability provisions in construction contracts as a way to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint (see our blog post here). In this follow up post, we ...
Author(s): Jon Gilbert, Vanessa Medina
Given the exceptional scale and speed with which sanctions were implemented against Russia by the UK Government, the FCA and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) were expected initi...
Author(s): Oliver Hamill, Christopher Robinson, Sarah Robinson
On 26 July, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) published its consultation on the long-awaited draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2023...
Author(s): Andrew Murphy, Peter Kerr-Davis
On the 7th of July the PRA published a policy statement PS6/22 on proposed changes to the definition of insurance holding companies for the purposes of the Group Supervision Part of the PRA Rulebook (...
Author(s): George Swan, Priti Lancaster, Alistair Milne