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In the event it leaves the EU without a comprehensive trade agreement, what are the options left to the UK to continue accessing the single market?

Under the 1977 legislation, where a party deals on its written standard terms of business exclusions or limitations of that party’s liability must pass the Act’s reasonableness test

Alex Baker, director of competition advisory boutique Fingleton Associates, finds issues with the UK’s targeted merger strategy and its wide margins of discretion

The Trump administration has been working through its plan to reduce regulatory burdens for financial institutions – with various consequences

Margaret Huang and Victor Chang, LCS & Partners

Plans for a European banking union have been a long time in the making. Since 2012, the EU has been in conversation with member states to strengthen the bloc against economic shocks. These conversations have intensified over the last few weeks but Germany's acting finance minister Peter Altmaier said that clarifications on risk sharing and reduction need to be made in order to proceed to the next stage.

It has been nearly five years since the skin in the game requirement was implemented. Has it made a difference?

Overcoming misguided criticism regarding their level of transparency and punitive character, these tools have proven essential to resolution

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), covering the Rayong, Chonburi, and Chachoengsao provinces, is part of the Thai government's Area-Based Development Policy and is intended to implement the Thailand 4.0 policy. The goal is to make the EEC ASEAN's leading centre for trade, investment, and logistics. To achieve this, the Board of Investment (BOI), established under the Investment Promotion Act (1977), encourages both foreign and domestic investment through tax and non-tax incentives. The EEC Bill was approved by the NLA on February 14 2018 and will soon be enacted as an Act.

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a notification to entities it regulates and to participants in the market in general of the consultation process regarding a proposed amendment of the EU prudential rules for investment firms.