The long read
How upcoming legislation will harness algorithms, AI, and big tech for public good

How upcoming legislation will harness algorithms, AI, and big tech for public good

Chris Holmes
02 Feb 2024

The fourth industrial revolution, as with the previous three, has ushered in an age of exciting new ...

The transformative potential of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

The transformative potential of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

Chris Holmes
19 Dec 2023

If it’s all about the data, then the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill must matter, and i...

Why the Electronic Trade Documents Act is the most important law you have never heard of

Why the Electronic Trade Documents Act is the most important law you have never heard of

Chris Holmes
26 Sep 2023

On 20th September, the Electronic Trade Documents Act came into force. I have written here before a...

How will AI be regulated in the UK?

How will AI be regulated in the UK?

Chris Holmes
12 Jul 2023

AI is impacting all sectors across financial services - capital markets, investment and retail banki...

The Financial Services and Markets Bill reaches final stages

The Financial Services and Markets Bill reaches final stages

Chris Holmes
28 Jun 2023

The Financial Services and Markets Bill could be described as epic – in terms of proportions (346 pa...

The Financial Services and Markets Bill - Crypto, cash, and a regulatory dash

The Financial Services and Markets Bill - Crypto, cash, and a regulatory dash

Chris Holmes
03 Apr 2023

The Financial Services and Markets Bill is the biggest shake up of financial services in a generatio...

The Westminster Series: Optimising the potential of the Financial Services and Markets Bill

The Westminster Series: Optimising the potential of the Financial Services and Markets Bill

Chris Holmes
18 Jan 2023

I have written here before about the Financial Services and Markets Bill - the biggest reform of fin...

The Westminster Series: Key questions for the Chancellor’s ‘Edinburgh Reforms’

The Westminster Series: Key questions for the Chancellor’s ‘Edinburgh Reforms’

Chris Holmes
14 Dec 2022

On Friday the 9th December, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt unveiled the ‘Edinburgh Reforms’...

The Westminster Series: How will the Electronic Trade Documents Bill transform trade in the UK?

The Westminster Series: How will the Electronic Trade Documents Bill transform trade in the UK?

Chris Holmes
02 Nov 2022

The Electronic Trade Documents Bill is one of the most important bills you have never heard of. Not ...

The Westminster Series: The second reading of the Financial Services and Markets Bill

The Westminster Series: The second reading of the Financial Services and Markets Bill

Chris Holmes
17 Oct 2022

A vision to promote competition, innovation and growth but does it go far enough on financial inclus...

The Westminister Series: Westminister cryptoasset debate

The Westminister Series: Westminister cryptoasset debate

Chris Holmes
26 Sep 2022

One of the last debates in the most recent Parliamentary sitting, suspended following the tragic dea...

The Westminster Series: The arrival of the Financial Services and Markets Bill

The Westminster Series: The arrival of the Financial Services and Markets Bill

Chris Holmes
26 Jul 2022

Since its inclusion in the Queen’s Speech on May 11, 2022, many of us have been awaiting the arrival...