The Linklaters Podcast

Episode 30: Payments Monthly The UK is adding cryptoassets to its financial promotion regime. Harry Eddis, Olivia Murphy and Simon Treacy look at the lawful routes to marketing cryptoassets and the tough new rules that crypto ads must comply with.

Summer’s Top Antitrust and Foreign Investment Stories 2023 This covers merger control, foreign investment and foreign subsidies.

Summer’s Top Antitrust and Foreign Investment Stories 2023 This covers conduct issues, including cartel and dominance enforcement and digital regulation.

Episode 4: Investigations Insights In this episode, Nik Kiri and Verity Kemp discuss the recent decision of the Upper Tribunal in relation to three individuals previously employed by Julius Baer, and its important implications. Further analysis of the case can be found on our blog post .

Episode 6: Crypto Facto with Josh Klayman In this episode of Crypto Facto with Josh Klayman, Josh is joined by Angela Dalton, CEO and founder of Signum Growth. Josh and Angela dive deep on the intersection of crypto and AI with video games, and the related impact on blockchain and Web3. How are companies getting gamers to overcome their initial skepticism of crypto and NFTs in games? What can AI b...

Episode 2 (Season 2): Tranche Up  In the second episode of the second season of Tranche Up, Leanne Banfield and Ruhi Patil chat with Albert Ferreiro Castilla from Banca Sabadell on emerging asset classes in the Spanish market and motivations underpinning SRT transactions. To listen to the full series, visit our Tranche Up webpage .  

Episode 1 (Season 2): Tranche Up In the first episode in the second season of Tranche Up, Leanne Banfield and Ruhi Patil kick off by welcoming Alan Ball from The Texel Group to the podcast. Join us to hear from an expert in the credit insurance space and how the role of brokers is becoming more relevant in the SRT market. To listen to the full series, visit our Tranche Up webpage .

Episode 2: WINS: Women IN Sports Speakers: Georgina King, Jordan Williamson In episode two of WINS, we welcome Jordan Williamson from CSM Sport & Entertainment to the podcast and discuss their connection to sport and their experience around brand management, events and campaigns in the industry.

Episode 1: WINS: Women IN Sport Speakers: Georgina King, Shamin Choudhury In the first episode, WINS host Georgina King welcomes Shamin Choudhury to the podcast to speak about market developments in the sports space and introduce the listeners to what they can expect from upcoming episodes. 

Episode 2: Greenwashing from a UK regulatory perspective – the CMA and the ASA Speakers: Annamieke Cook and Zoe Cameron In this episode, we look at greenwashing in the competition, consumer and advertising sphere and recent developments at both the ASA and the CMA.

Episode 1: Greenwashing from a UK regulatory perspective – the FCA and the FRC Speakers: Dasha Konnova and Terry Yiangou In this episode, we look at the FCA and FRC’s response to greenwashing and recent developments, including the proposed anti-greenwashing rule and practical tips businesses can take today. 

Episode 5: value chain In this episode, partner Rachel Barrett and managing associate Tom Cobbaert discuss the CSRD’s requirement to report on the value chain, including what a value chain is and how to report on this in practical terms.

Episode 4: double materiality In this episode, partner David Ballegeer and managing associate Iyes Igiehon explain the CSRD's approach to materiality (known as "double materiality"), which will require a significant shift in the way in-scope entities report on sustainability issues in the EU.

Episode 3: Investigation Insights In this episode, Doug Tween , Sima Ostrovsky and Kaan Gürer discuss surprise inspections relating to antitrust concerns, known as Dawn Raids. For further information on dawn raids, visit our dedicated web page where you will find details of our dawn raid app mentioned in the podcast. You can also get in touch with us  to customise the app to your organisation and...

Episode 16: Optimising and testing for customer understanding: insights from Fairer Finance We interview special guest James Daley (founder of Fairer Finance) about practical ways you can meet the Consumer Duty’s customer understanding outcome. You’ll learn about the Duty’s requirements for customer communications and understanding, simple and effective tips and tricks to optimise your communicati...

Episode 3: What are the ESRS and what do they require? In this episode, managing associates Iyesogie Igiehon and Aileen Buchanan explain what the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) are, what their current status is and next steps.

Episode 15: Insights from Lighthouse We interview special guest senior user experience (UX) designer Dan Burgess from leading UX/UI design agency Lighthouse about how you can avoid, and use, UX "patterns" to meet the FCA's Consumer Duty expectations. UX "patterns" are a powerful tool for you in meeting the FCA's expectation that firms account for customers' cognitive and behavioural biases that ma...

Episode 2: Scope and timing In this podcast, managing associate  Terry Yiangou and associate Elliot Jack explain who the CSRD applies to, when it will apply and some of the exemptions.

Episode 14: Our interview with Lighthouse In this episode we interview special guest Tom Johnson from UX/UI design agency Lighthouse for his insights into user research and user experience design to meet the FCA's Consumer Duty expectations.   We explain how these disciplines are important in the context of all four Consumer Duty outcomes and to avoiding foreseeable harm to customers.  Tom introdu...

Episode 1: What is this all about In this episode, managing associates Aileen Buchanan and James Marlow discuss at a high level what the CSRD is, what it requires, the entities that are in scope and what they need to report.

Episode 5: Crypto Facto with Josh and Jonathan In this episode, Josh and Jonathan weigh in on the SEC’s charges against Bittrex, Gary Gensler’s House hearings, the reintroduction of a federal stablecoin bill, MiCA’s passage, Yuga Lab’s trademark victory, and Taylor Swift’s good sense about FTX. Did Gensler change his mind about proof of work and Algo, or is the SEC throwing tokens at the wall unti...

What does the Financial Action Task Force’s grey listing of South Africa mean? In this podcast, members of our Global Business Crime team and alliance partner Webber Wentzel talk about what South Africa’s addition to the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list means for companies with businesses or investments in South Africa.  In particular, they cover: What it means to be grey-listed by FATF. Th...

Episode 13: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this episode we interview special guest Ruth Persian from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT, unofficially the “Nudge Unit”) for her insights into what is perhaps the most interesting and least understood aspects of the Consumer Duty: the requirement to consider behavioural biases.   Ruth explains behavioural biases and the behavioural insights approach, how...

Episode 29: Payments Monthly The FCA is in line to get new rule-making powers over payments firms. But why does the FCA need these powers? Jean Price, Frances Hodgkins and Simon Treacy discuss how they could be used to settle a debate about whether payments firms hold customer funds on trust.

Episode 12: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this episode, we speak with Richard Green from AssetQ about the obligations firms have under the Consumer Duty to monitor, gather and exchange information with others in their distribution chains.  We cover a brief outline of the key data and monitoring obligations under the Duty, high level guiding principles, examples of specific data points you might want...