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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP London, England Document Search Results (17) Show: results per page Sort by:  | UK Budget 2012 - Key Tax Measures
Adam Ferguson Blakemore, Oliver Iliffe; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 26, 2012, previously published on March 22, 2012 The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s third budget, held on 21 March 2012, might well be remembered in future years for a balancing act (at least in a taxation context) between stimulus and incentive on the one hand, and austerity and anti-avoidance on the other. A number of the...
| | Retrospective Change of Law Announced for UK Debt Buybacks
Adam Ferguson Blakemore, Oliver Iliffe; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2012, previously published on March 7, 2012 In a Written Ministerial Statement (the “Ministerial Statement”), delivered on 27 February 2012, the UK Government has announced measures to counteract two tax avoidance schemes entered into by a UK bank (the “Bank”), the UK Bank being a signatory to the Code of Practice on...
| | Contingent Convertible Bonds and the Impact of Basel III
Angus Duncan, Antoinette Maginness, Alix Prentice; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 22, 2011, previously published on December 20, 2011 In January 2011, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) set out rules to supplement Basel III regulations on capital adequacy and liquidity. The Basel III reforms aim to improve the quality and level of capital within firms (further details of the Basel III...
| | MiFID and MiFIR on Algorithmic Trading - and - Provision of Services AND Establishment of Branches by Third Country Firms
Doron F. Ezickson, Alix Prentice, Nick Shiren, Ramona Simms, Adam Topping; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 2, 2011, previously published on October 31, 2011 This is the sixth in our series of briefings on MiFID and MiFIR. Below, we describe new obligations set out in MiFID that apply to investment firms engaging in algorithmic trading to have in place risk control measures, and authorisation requirements for third country firms providing services into...
| | MiFID on Client Categorisation and Transactions with Eligible Counterparties and Organised Trading Facilities
Doron F. Ezickson, Alix Prentice, Nick Shiren, Ramona Simms, Adam Topping; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 31, 2011, previously published on October 27, 2011 This is the fourth in our series of briefings on MiFID and MiFIR. Below, we describe the proposed changes to the current client classification regime, and in particular, amendments to the regime for transactions with 'eligible counterparties'. We will also discuss the introduction of a new concept...
| | MiFID and MiFIR on Supervision of Products and Circuit Breakers
Doron F. Ezickson, Alix Prentice, Nick Shiren, Ramona Simms, Adam Topping; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 31, 2011, previously published on October 28, 2011 This is the fifth in our series of briefings on MiFID and MiFIR. Below, we describe new powers of product intervention granted to ESMA and local regulators under MiFIR and new obligations set out in MiFID for regulated markets to have in place measures to ensure systems' resilience, including...
| | Proposals for a European Union Financial Transactions Tax
Adam Ferguson Blakemore, Oliver Iliffe; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 31, 2011, previously published on October 26, 2011 The proposals made by the EU Commission on 28 September 2011 regarding an EU directive on a common system of financial transaction taxation in the 27 Member States of the EU have been debated widely in the three weeks since they were presented. The presentation of the proposed Directive (the...
| | European Commission Unveils Plans to Boost Energy Networks in Europe
Doron F. Ezickson, Alix Prentice, Nick Shiren, Ramona Simms, Adam Topping; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 31, 2011, previously published on October 27, 2011 On 19 October 2011, the European Commission (the "Commission") published a proposal to fund €50 billion worth of investment in the European Union's ("EU") transport, energy, and digital networks for the period from 2014 to 2020, with a view to strengthening links across...
| | MiFID and MiFIR on the Obligation to Trade Derivatives on Regulated Markets and Revisions to the Best Execution Regime
Doron F. Ezickson, Alix Prentice, Nick Shiren, Ramona Simms, Adam Topping; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 31, 2011, previously published on October 25, 2011 This is the second in our series of briefings on MiFID and MiFIR. Below, we describe new obligations to trade certain derivatives on regulated markets, MTFs or OTFs and the Commission's proposals for the best execution regime.
| | MiFID and MiFIR on Position Limits and Position Reporting For Commodities Derivatives and Emissions Trading
Doron F. Ezickson, Alix Prentice, Nick Shiren, Ramona Simms, Adam Topping; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 25, 2011, previously published on October 24, 2011 This is the first in a series of short briefings on radical changes proposed for the regulation and conduct of investment business set out in the European Commission's revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). Over the next...
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