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CASS Considerations When Planning for ‘Day One’ | JD Supra
Our previous article focused on the importance of CASS Resolution Packs for firms that hold custody assets and/or client money (“CASS Firms”) to ensure they are prepared should they enter an insolvency process, in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) Client Asset Sourcebook (“CASS”) requirements.
CASS considerations when planning for 'Day One'
Hogan Lovells and Teneo have worked together to produce the second in a series of articles aimed at helping regulated firms (and particularly those that hold client money and safe custody assets) better understand the rules that apply to them in the preparation for, run up to, and (hopefully unlikely) entry into administration.
CASS: An introduction to contingency planning | JD Supra
Hogan Lovells and Teneo have worked together to produce the first in a series of articles aimed at helping regulated firms (and particularly those that hold client money and safe custody assets) better understand the rules that apply to them in the preparation for, run up to, and (hopefully unlikely) entry into administration. Like all businesses, firms that hold custody assets and/or client money (“CASS Firms”) hope that insolvency is something that will never happen to them.
ON SWIFT HORSES Soundtrack Composed By Mark Orton
Composer: Mark Orton Loren Kramar Total Time: 40:33 Label: Madison Gate Records Purchasing Links: MP3, Apple Music, Spotify Release Date April 25, 2025 "The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission." Find more about the soundtrack (previews, track list) after the jump. Product Description: Muriel and her husband Lee are about to begin a bright new life, which is upended by the arrival of Lee's brother.
Comparative Guide: Regulating Staking | JD Supra
January 28, 2025 Elizabeth (Liz) Boison, Gregory Lisa, Mark Orton, John Salmon, James Sharp, Lavan Thasarathakumar, Michael Thomas, Christina Wu Hogan Lovells + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: What is happening Many of the largest blockchain networks today are subject to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, such as Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, which are reliant on users participating in the activity of...
UK – New statutory instrument on cryptoasset staking | JD Supra
On 9 January 2025, the widely anticipated Statutory Instrument exempting cryptoasset staking from the meaning of “collective investment schemes” as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) was laid before Parliament, and will come into force on 31 January 2025.
UK FCA on cryptoasset financial promotions and fiat-to-crypto on/off ramp services | JD Supra
The FCA has published its expectations on registered or regulated firms partnering with unregistered cryptoasset firms, which may be illegally promoting to UK consumers. Background Under section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”), a person must not, in the course of business, communicate an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity—this is otherwise known as the financial promotions restriction.
UK: Digital Securities Sandbox now in force | JD Supra
January 10, 2024 Melanie Johnson, Mark Orton, Michael Thomas, Isobel Wright Hogan Lovells + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: [co-author: Rachael Koc] On 8 January 2024, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023 entered into force, creating the Digital Securities Sandbox within which certain Financial Market Infrastructures will be able to test the use of developing...
UK: Digital Securities Sandbox for financial market infrastructures | JD Supra
January 9, 2024 Melanie Johnson, Mark Orton, Michael Thomas Hogan Lovells + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: [co-author: Rachael Koc] On 8 January 2024, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023 enter into force, creating the Digital Securities Sandbox within which certain Financial Market Infrastructures will be able to test the use of developing technologies subject...
UK: Digital Securities Sandbox now in force
On 8 January 2024, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023 entered into force, creating the Digital Securities Sandbox within which certain Financial Market Infrastructures will be able to test the use of developing technologies subject to a modified legislative framework. The government has also published an Explanatory Memorandum which sets out the background and purpose of the Regulations.
UK: Digital Securities Sandbox for financial market infrastructures
On 8 January 2024, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023 enter into force, creating the Digital Securities Sandbox within which certain Financial Market Infrastructures will be able to test the use of developing technologies subject to a modified legislative framework. The government has also published an Explanatory Memorandum which sets out the background of and purpose for the Regulations.
UK: Digital Securities Sandbox now in force
On 8 January 2024, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023 entered into force, creating the Digital Securities Sandbox within which certain Financial Market Infrastructures will be able to test the use of developing technologies subject to a modified legislative framework. The government has also published an Explanatory Memorandum which sets out the background and purpose of the Regulations.
UK: Autumn Statement – financial services announcements at a glance | JD Supra
November 27, 2023 To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, presented HM Treasury’s Autumn Statement for growth on 22 November 2023. We summarise below the key proposals relating to financial services regulation.
UK: Autumn Statement - financial services announcements at a glance
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, presented HM Treasury’s Autumn Statement for growth on 22 November 2023. We summarise below the key proposals relating to financial services regulation. The Autumn Statement published on 22 November 2023 includes a section specifically highlighting key measures relating to financial services entitled ‘Supporting the growth of the UK’s world-leading financial services sector’.
El Más Grande: The Story of River Plate, Argentina's Biggest Club
El Más Grande Subtitle: The Story of River Plate, Argentina's Biggest Club Description El Más Grande is the story of Argentina's biggest and most successful football club, River Plate. It traces River's development, from humble origins to footballing powerhouse, exploring the great teams and legendary players who have worn the distinctive white shirt with the red sash while enchanting generations of fans with their stylish play.
UK: FCA introduces new rules for marketing cryptoassets to UK consumers | JD Supra
June 9, 2023 Melanie Johnson, Mark Orton, Lavan Thasarathakumar Hogan Lovells + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The FCA has published its anticipated Policy Statement (PS23/6) ‘Financial promotion rules for cryptoassets’ which brings cryptoasset promotions made to UK consumers within the regulator’s remit.
UK: FCA introduces new rules for marketing cryptoassets to UK consumers
The FCA has published its anticipated Policy Statement (PS23/6) ‘Financial promotion rules for cryptoassets’ which brings cryptoasset promotions made to UK consumers within the regulator’s remit. The new rules, which come into effect on 8 October 2023, mean that firms can only market cryptoassets to UK consumers who have the appropriate knowledge and experience to invest.
Digital Asset Custody Paper
Financial Institutions Horizons 2022 Digital Asset Custody Paper Open document Financial Institutions Horizons 2022 Contents 1 Background to this paper 2 An overview of traditional custody 3 Differences in digital asset custody 4 Current legal approaches to digital asset custody 5 A proposed way forward 6 About Hogan Lovells 7 About Zodia Custody 8 Contacts Background to this paper With increasing levels of capital continuing to flow into digital assets globally, an ever-growing pool of asset...
Financial Institutions Horizons 2023
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The outlook for 2023 looks uncertain, following another tumultuous year. The collapse of a number of large cryptocurrency exchanges has shone another spotlight on the digital asset market. The financial system’s resilience to wobbles in the crypto market had already been tested in 2022 with the onset of a new “crypto winter”.
By Daniel Lee, Diana Suciu, Julia Cripps, Mark Aengenheister, Mark Orton, Chris Dobby, Jane Griffiths, Mark Lin, Michael Thomas, Melanie Johnson, Susan Whitehead, Faraz Naqvi, Tom J. Astle, Jonathan Chertkow, Francis Booth, Byron Phillips, Roger Tym, Lavan Thasarathakumar, Rita Hunter, Charles Elliott, George Kiladze, Rachel Kent, Caroline Walters, Julie Patient, Sharon Lewis, John Salmon, Virginia Phillips Montgomery, Tauhid Ijaz, Antonia Croke, James Maltby, Bryony Widdup
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Hogan Lovells and Zodia Custody have collaborated to produce a digital assets custody paper | JD Supra
With increasing levels of capital continuing to flow into digital assets globally, an ever-growing pool of asset holders, and even governments exploring various digital asset projects, the need to examine custody services in the digital assets industry has never been more essential and relevant.
Football and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Argentina
Authors: Mark Orton Newport, UK Examines how football became the key cultural signifier of national identity in Argentina Shows how football projected Argentina onto the global consciousness not seen in any other way Discusses how football gave some ‘voiceless others’ an arena to project themselves in Argentine society Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics (PASSP) Sections This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.
Operational Resilience: Six weeks to go… | JD Supra
The UK regulators’ new rules on Operational Resilience enter into force on 31 March 2022. Firms need to ensure that they have identified “important business services” and set “impact tolerances” for those important business services by the deadline, as well as ensuring they have processes to comply with the other requirements under these new regimes.
Whilst European champions Italy and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal must sweat it out in next March’s World Cup playoffs, Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina side have serenely booked their tickets to Qatar for the tournament after a 0–0 draw with Brazil in San Juan.
Euro 2020 ends as it began: as a political football
In the end football didn’t ‘come home’ – nor was it meant to. Euro 2020 was not designed as a celebration of England’s long association with the codified form of the game in the way the 1996 tournament had been. Instead, it was the ‘Eurovision’ of the now-disgraced former UEFA president Michel Platini Set out in 2012 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the competition, it spread games across a number of countries in a celebration of European football (not political) unity.
Can Joan Laporta reboot Barcelona's muddled identity?
FC Barcelona’s membership have placed their trust in former president Joan Laporta to restore sporting glory and a sense of identity as he overcame the challenge of Víctor Font and Antoni Freixa with almost 60 percent of the vote to regain the role he held between 2003 and 2010.
The Green Ballet: when Ferencváros wowed South America in 1929
Although a 5–1 drubbing at the Camp Nou was hardly the start they expected, Ferencváros have returned to the European elite of the Champions League group stage after a quarter of a century in the wilderness. One of the grand old names of Hungarian football, famous for propelling Flórián Albert to greatness in the 1960s, Ferencváros are also well-remembered on the other side of the Atlantic after their iconic South American tour of 1929.
relegated, but with a place in football history thanks to players' strike
Not every English football club is experiencing the memorable highs being celebrated by supporters of Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, as they look forward to battling over the Champions League trophy. Further down the rankings, it has not been a good season for Bolton Wanderers football club.
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