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Inside Stibbe - With our unique start-up programme we continue to support innovative companies that may face a variety of legal challenges in their early stages. Therefore we are open to new start-ups and scale-ups that are ready to take their product or service to the next level.

Articles - The continued global scrutiny of financial services firms, alongside the sustained pressure on those charged with regulating them to deliver tangible results, continues to drive financial services regulators to seek assistance from their overseas counterparts when investigating issues. This trend shows no signs of abating, and questions such as how and when regulators interact with each other and with firms across borders, how firms are expected or required to respond, and whether duplicate proceedings can be brought in different jurisdictions are more pertinent than ever.

Articles - Sinds de publicatie van ons e-book ‘Beloningen in crisistijd’ op 22 april 2020 zijn er verschillende ontwikkelingen geweest in wet- en regelgeving rond beloningen in de financiële sector. Zo werd op 2 juli het Wetsvoorstel nadere beloningsmaatregelen financiële ondernemingen (Wnbf) ingediend. Daarnaast publiceerde de EBA op 18 juli het concept Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) over de criteria voor het selecteren van Identified Staff. Deze ontwikkelingen vormen de basis van een nieuw e-book over de governance van beloningen.

Short Reads - On 12 July, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published a report on the status of licencing regimes of FinTech firms across the European Union ("EU").  The report is based on two surveys conducted by ESMA since January 2018, which gathered evidence from EU national competent authorities ("NCAs") on the licensing regimes of FinTech firms in their respective jurisdictions.