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In July 2005 legislation to tackle tax evasion on savings income held in one State for individuals resident in another - the EU Savings Directive (Council Directive 2003/48/EC). There have been concerns that the Directive is not as effective as initially hoped. This note looks at recent debates on amending it.
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This is a report on the Public Bill Committee Stage of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. It is designed to complement the Research Paper Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (RP 12/33), which covers in more detail the background to the Bill
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This is one of a series of notes which looks at actual or proposed reforms of either certain parts of the financial services sector or reforms of certain activities. These notes attempt to describe the progress made on individual issues through these phases. This note focuses upon the standards for prudential capital and liquidity control put forward at various levels of national and international authority.
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This Bill would make the appointment of the Governor of the Bank of England dependent upon the approval of the Treasury Select Committee.
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The focus of this Bill is to set up a new framework for financial regulation in the United Kingdom
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The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill introduces reforms in a number of areas.
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This is one of a series of notes which looks at actual or proposed reforms of either certain parts of the financial services sector or reforms of certain activities in the wake of the fianncial crisis. These notes attempt to describe the progress made on individual issues through these phases. This note focuses upon the regulation of hedge funds by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive.
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The focus of this Bill is to establish a new framework for financial regulation in the United Kingdom.
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This note outlines the operation and regulation of credit reference agencies. From April 2014 there will be a new activity of providing credit references that will replace the current activity of operating a credit reference agency. It also looks at the law surrounding the data which the agencies have access to.
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This note sets out statistics available on lending to business and discusses recent trends in the data.
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The focus of this Bill is to establish a new framework for financial regulation in the United Kingdom.
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Ever since the Northern Rock Bank failed in September 2007, the UK financial regulatory authorities have looked at how they operate and whether changes were needed to the existing system. The deepening crisis in 2008 and 2009 expanded the breadth of this review both in the UK and across the world. It is to be expected that firm proposals for new legislation will be forthcoming this year, following a consultation exercise and the publication of an independent Commission's Report headed by Sir John Vickers. This note sets out some of the background and sets out the broad outlines of current government proposals.
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Comprehensive financial sanctions were imposed on Iran by Statutory Instrument 2775, The Financial Restrictions (Iran) Order 2011, to be debated on a motion to approve on 13 December 2011.
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This Note brings together documents relevant to the proposed "Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive" (also known as the AIFM Directive or the "Hedge Funds" Directive), and its scrutiny in the UK and EU. It is not an attempt to define policy in this area. For information on policy developments contact Tim Edmonds on extn 4318. See also SN/BT/5099 European responses to the financial crisis specifically p39
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This note outlines procedures and legislation surrounding insurance claims for damage caused by rioting.
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