The main themes to be considered by those in the financial services industry in 2018 will include increased regulation, protection of data, the push for transparency from Europe along with the ongoing uncertainty of Brexit. We have flagged some key dates to watch out for in the upcoming year.

The new Data Protection Bill has already had its first and second readings in the House of Lords and will replace the UK’s current Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) along with the general Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018. Also whatever happens regarding Brexit, the UK has committed to retaining the same principles and laws regarding Data Protection whether or not the UK is in the EU. UK companies should now be taking appropriate steps to ensure that they will be compliant with the new GDPR requirements.

Why the importance?

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ADVISORY & FINANCIAL REGULATORY GROUP NEWSLETTER JANUARY 10, 2018 ISSUE 1/2018 Financial Regulatory Developments Focus In this week’s newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and corporates. Click here if you wish to access our Financial Regulatory Developments website.

October 2017

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This month's roundup of developments affecting the insurance industry sees ECON calling on the European Commission to postpone the application date of the IDD, EIOPA issuing final guidelines on complex insurance-based investment products under the IDD and the European Commission releasing a report on consumers' decision-making process in insurance services.

General Update

What is the GDPR?

The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for June 2017.

Please note that French legal concepts are translated into English for information only and not as legal advice. The concepts expressed in English may not exactly reflect or correspond to similar concepts existing under the laws of the jurisdictions of the readers.

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Banking & Finance Banking & Finance Juni/June 2017 4 | Editorial Fokus 6 | Blockchain – (auch) eine Innovation im Bereich der Wertpapierabwicklung? 9 | Deutschland reformiert das Insolvenzanfechtungsrecht – zumindest ein wenig 11 | Die Auswirkungen der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung auf das Bankenwesen Finance 13 | Bundesgerichtshof befasst sich mit dinglichen Upstream-Sicherheiten – Auswirkungen auf Limitation Languages?

European Union

Issue 6 | April 2017 Disputes Digest 2 | Disputes Digest Corporate counsel’s guide to the key cases of 2016 (litigation) Corporate counsel’s guide to the key cases of 2016 (arbitration) Singapore targets effi ciency in investment arbitration proceedings Does the MasterCard class action mark the dawn of a new era in UK litigation?

If 2016 ended with more questions than answers as to how Brexit would take shape, 2017 began with at least a little more clarity.