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On January 28, the UK Government published the Financial Services (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 (the Regulations). This is in response to the passing by the UK Parliament of the Withdrawal Act on Thursday last week, and in anticipation of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (and start of the implementation period) on January 31 (for more information, please see the January 24 edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest).
Continue Reading Brexit: UK Updates TPR Start Date

On May 2, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage on the United Kingdom’s national private placement regime (NPPR) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

The NPPR allows non-European Economic Area (EEA) alternative investment funds (AIFs) that are managed by full-scope UK and EEA alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs), as well as any AIFs managed by non-EEA AIFMs, to be marketed in the United Kingdom.
Continue Reading FCA Updates National Private Placement Regime Notification Process Under AIFMD

On April 12, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published amended directions, dated April 11, on notifications regarding the temporary permissions regime (TPR). Although the deadline for Brexit has been agreed upon by the United Kingdom and the 27 remaining EU member states as being no later than October 31, the amended directions extend the deadline for firms to notify the FCA if they wish to enter the TPR from April 11, to May 30. The TPR will go into effect upon Brexit taking effect, if there is no transition period (as reported in the January 11, 2019 edition of the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest).
Continue Reading FCA Extends Notifications Deadline for Temporary Permission Regime to May 30

On January 7, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that the notification window for the temporary permissions regime (TPR) is now open.

In the lead-up to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) on March 29 (Exit Day), the agreement on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal (Withdrawal Agreement) has not been ratified by the UK Parliament. If ratification fails, this would result in a so-called “no-deal Brexit,” meaning that the UK would leave the EU without having agreed on any transitional arrangements, and any European Economic Area (EEA)-based firms or fund managers passporting their services or products into the UK would lose their permission to do so on Exit Day.
Continue Reading FCA TPR Notification Window Now Open for EEA-Passported Firms and Fund Managers

On January 8, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP19/2) on contractual certainty post-Brexit.

In the lead-up to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) on March 29 (Exit Day), the agreement on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal remains to be ratified by the UK Parliament. If ratification fails, this would result in a so-called “no-deal Brexit,” meaning that the UK would leave the EU without having agreed on any transitional arrangements, and any firms or fund managers based in the European Economic Area (EEA) passporting their services or products into the UK would lose their permission to do so on Exit Day.
Continue Reading FCA Consults on Contractual Certainty Post-Brexit

On November 14, a technical agreement was reached between the negotiators of the UK and the EU in relation to the terms of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU (the Withdrawal Agreement). Published alongside the Withdrawal Agreement was a non-binding Political Declaration, providing an overview of the intended future relationship between the UK and EU.
Continue Reading UK and EU Publish Draft Brexit Withdrawal Agreement

On July 30, the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) released a paper outlining the challenges UK and EU firms will face in relation to legacy over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts following the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union (Brexit).
Continue Reading AFME and ISDA Publish Paper on Brexit Contractual Continuity Issues in OTC Derivatives

On July 24, HM Treasury published its draft version of the European Economic Passports Rights (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (draft Regulations).

The purpose of the draft Regulations is to remove references to the passporting framework set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and in other UK legislation. The reason for this is if the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal, there will be no agreed legal framework on which the passporting system can continue; therefore references in UK legislation to the passporting system would become “deficient” for the purposes of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (for further details, see the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest edition of June 29, 2018).
Continue Reading HM Treasury Publishes Draft Version of the EEA Passport Rights Regulations 2018