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10/1/2026 1:20:49 PM

UK Regulators Publish Tokenisation Feedback Statement and Call for Input

By Nathaniel Lalone Carolyn Jackson Neil Robson +4 more...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) (together, the Regulators) have published a joint Feedback...

9/23/2026 10:13:32 PM

Don’t Mention It… The CFTC Places New Guardrails on Mention Markets

By Dan Davis Alex Kim Alex San Martin

Prediction markets have steadily expanded the universe of event contracts in which market participants can take positions, the newest...

9/22/2026 3:08:23 PM

The AI Apocalypse: ‘I’m Sorry, Dave. I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That’

By Henry Bregstein

Dave Bowman won. It is worth remembering, amid the current genre of reporting in which artificial intelligence (AI) is revealed to be...

9/18/2026 2:23:12 PM

FCA Finalises Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance Ahead of the New UK Regime

By Carolyn Jackson Charlotte Hill Christopher Collins +5 more...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a policy statement (PS26/18) on the finalised perimeter guidance for the UK’s new...

9/8/2026 4:24:41 PM

WSJ PPLI Commentary — The Journal Got a Few Things Right

By Henry Bregstein

This week's Wall Street Journal piece on private placement life insurance, "'A Roth IRA on Steroids': Wealthy Americans Find Another...

8/31/2026 2:50:54 PM

The ID-SMA Is No Longer a Concept — It Is a Robust Structure

By Henry Bregstein

For a few years, the insurance-dedicated separately managed account (ID-SMA) was a structure that many advisors had heard about but few...

8/28/2026 10:55:34 PM

Sports Bets or Swaps? Ninth Circuit’s Controversial Kalshi Ruling Deepens the Divide

By Carl Kennedy Alex Kim Alex San Martin

Does federal derivatives law preempt state gaming regulations when a prediction market lists sports-related contracts as swaps? In...

8/21/2026 10:04:01 PM

The SEC’s Long-Awaited Crypto Proposal

By Dan Davis Michael Didiuk Carl Kennedy +4 more...

A tailored securities offering regime for crypto assets After years of applying decades-old securities rules to digital assets, the...

8/17/2026 6:14:01 PM

The Sunset Is Gone. Income Tax Remains: The PPLI – PPVA Solution.

By Henry Bregstein

For the better part of a decade, every estate planning conversation my colleagues had with a high-net-worth family started with the same...

8/5/2026 11:36:30 AM

FCA Finalises Overhaul of UK Transaction Reporting

By Christopher Collins Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone +3 more...

On 3 August 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Policy Statement PS26/15, setting out final transaction reporting rules...

8/3/2026 10:21:47 AM

ESMA Publishes Preliminary Findings on the Active Account Requirement

By Christopher Collins Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone +3 more...

Introduction On 6 July 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published two important documents on recent...

7/27/2026 8:49:22 AM

FCA Sets Out Biggest Overhaul of the UK AIFM Regime Since 2013

By Christopher Collins Neil Robson Thomas Laurer +1 more...

On 14 July 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published CP26/28, launching a consultation on a wholesale redesign of the UK...

7/24/2026 9:37:29 AM

HM Treasury Designates Four Critical Third Parties to the UK Financial System

By Nathaniel Lalone Ciara Watson

On 10 July 2026, HM Treasury (HMT) published a press release announcing the designation of four major global cloud services and...

7/23/2026 7:51:44 PM

Prediction Markets Hearing Before the US House Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development

By Carl Kennedy

On July 21, I testified before the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development...

7/21/2026 2:03:51 PM

IRS Fixes the ‘1035 Exchange Trap’: What Life Settlement Funds and PPLI Users Need to Know Now

By Henry Bregstein Mitchell Fagen

The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have just finalized regulations fixing a problem that...

7/15/2026 10:29:47 PM

FINRA Considers Substantial Changes to Enforcement Program

By Patrick Smith Michael Diver Michael Lohnes +1 more...

On June 30, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released a report (Report) prepared by two outside experts tasked with...

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UK Regulators Publish Tokenisation Feedback Statement and Call for Input

Don’t Mention It… The CFTC Places New Guardrails on Mention Markets

The AI Apocalypse: ‘I’m Sorry, Dave. I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That’

FCA Finalises Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance Ahead of the New UK Regime

WSJ PPLI Commentary — The Journal Got a Few Things Right

The ID-SMA Is No Longer a Concept — It Is a Robust Structure

Sports Bets or Swaps? Ninth Circuit’s Controversial Kalshi Ruling Deepens the Divide

The SEC’s Long-Awaited Crypto Proposal

The Sunset Is Gone. Income Tax Remains: The PPLI – PPVA Solution.

FCA Finalises Overhaul of UK Transaction Reporting

ESMA Publishes Preliminary Findings on the Active Account Requirement

FCA Sets Out Biggest Overhaul of the UK AIFM Regime Since 2013

HM Treasury Designates Four Critical Third Parties to the UK Financial System

Prediction Markets Hearing Before the US House Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development

IRS Fixes the ‘1035 Exchange Trap’: What Life Settlement Funds and PPLI Users Need to Know Now

FINRA Considers Substantial Changes to Enforcement Program

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