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August 5, 2026
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FCA Confirms Changes to UK MiFID Transaction Reporting Regime
The changes will reduce the scope and lessen the long-term compliance burden for firms, albeit with a short-term cost.
August 5, 2026
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Key Regulatory Updates for Hong Kong Listed Companies — May/June 2026
The updates include new USM guidance and changes to the Guide for New Listing Applicants regarding directors’ suitability and ultimate beneficial ownership information.
August 5, 2026
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The UK Crypto Rulebook Is Here: What Firms Need to Do Next
Latham’s Fintech Industry Group provides practical steps cryptoasset firms should be taking now to prepare for authorization, compliance, and long-term operational readiness.
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The Latham US IPO Guide
An insider's guide to the IPO process in the United States.
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The Book of Jargon Series – Word of the Day®
The Book of Jargon® is a series of practice area and industry-specific glossaries published by Latham & Watkins.
Cap and Trade
a method for reducing GHG Emissions globally. Typically, a government institutes a “cap” on the amount of emissions that companies are allowed to emit. Companies that are able to reduce their Emissions below the cap can “trade” or sell their excess polluting allowances to other companies, or bank them for future use. Typically, the cap declines over time to provide an incentive to reduce Emissions.
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Net Asset Value (NAV)
the net value of a company’s total assets (not limited to real Property), after subtracting its total liabilities.
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Strawman
an outline proposal or paper. Strawman often describes a preliminary summary version of the Structure Memorandum.
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Pairs Trading
an investment strategy that involves matching a long position with a short position in two historically correlated stocks.
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Slug
Technically, any land or acquatic gastropoda mollusk without a shell. Universally detested by gardeners as an obnoxious and highly destructive pest. Think of a snail without a shell. In restructuring, people speak of a Slug of debt generally when they mean a tranche of debt, or sometimes a large quantity of debt.
Word of the Day®
In each episode of Connected With Latham, we discuss ideas, developments, and trends shaping the global economy.
July 30, 2026
European Commission Publishes EU ETS Review, Proposing Significant Reforms
The proposed changes to the carbon pricing policy intend to balance industrial competitiveness with climate goals.
July 28, 2026
EU Methane Regulation: European Commission Recommends Delaying Penalties
New recommendations clarify compliance solutions for import requirements and propose a suspension of penalties for three years.
July 24, 2026
SEC Proposes to Make Electronic Delivery the New Normal
The proposal would establish an opt-out model in which e-delivery is presumed unless a recipient affirmatively elects to receive paper.
July 23, 2026
FCA Proposes Reforms to Remuneration Codes
The FCA is proposing to replace the existing Remuneration Codes for AIFMs, MiFID investment firms, and UCITS management companies with a single consolidated Code.
July 17, 2026
ESMA Launches Common Supervisory Action on Digital Operational Resilience of CASPs
Crypto custody services under the microscope: EU regulators turn their attention to compliance with digital operational resilience rules.
July 17, 2026
UK Financial Regulators Report on Growth and Competitiveness
The FCA and PRA share details on their annual progress across capital reform, compliance costs, authorisations, supervision, and innovation support in financial services.
July 07, 2026
Prediction Markets: ESMA Confirms Application of Binary Options Product Intervention Measures to Event Contracts
ESMA’s statement reinforces that existing EU Member State product intervention measures on binary options apply to event contracts which constitute financial instruments.
July 02, 2026
The NIS 2 Registration Gap How Cyber Incidents Can Expose Non EU Companies to Enforcement Risks
As the transposition of NIS-2 into EU national laws nears completion, organizations should carefully assess whether they fall into scope before a cyber incident occurs.