Overview

Herbert Smith has produced individual guides to the key regulatory and legal developments in the coming months and years ahead.

The regulatory timeline contains information on a range of anticipated developments, including:

• International regulatory landscape
• European and UK regulatory architecture
• Capital requirements and liquidity
• Corporate governance, including remuneration
• Insurance
• Investment management
• Conduct of business, including the MiFID review
• Market abuse, enforcement and financial crime
• Retail issues
• Client assets and insolvency
• FSCS and compensation reform

The legal timeline contains information on:

• New Digital Economy Act
• Rome 1
• Law Commission's and Law Commission of Scotland's discussion document on insurance contract law
• New UK Corporate Governance Code
• ECJ judgment on the Akzo Nobel privilege case
• Increases in the minimum wage
• Consultation on amendments to the regime for the registration of company charges following the implementation of the Companies Act 2006
• Renewable heat incentive scheme
• Adoption of the Replacement London Plan

Click 'View Briefing' to see the timelines