Tag: CMA
UK To Create New Digital Markets Unit To Tackle Big Tech
The UK government is setting up a watchdog to "oversee a pro-competition regime for platforms including those funded by digital advertising, such as Google...
UK Lobby Wants Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Launch Delayed
An alliance of British businesses that is campaigning to stop Google from allegedly controlling the open Web, has asked the UK's Competition and Markets...
EC Sends Review Of Virgin & O2 Deal To UK Regulator
Following a request from the CMA, the European Commission has referred the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2 to the...
UK’s CMA Fines ComparetheMarket For Breaking Competition Law
The CMA has fined ComparetheMarket £17.9 million after it found that clauses used in the company’s contracts with home insurers breached competition law.
An investigation...
CMA Is Asking For Feedback On Merger Assessment Guidelines
The CMA is consulting on updated guidelines about its approach to analysing mergers.
The updated Merger Assessment Guidelines will help ensure that the Competition and...
UK’s CMA OKs Evolution’s Proposed NetEnt Deal
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the United Kingdom has cleared Evolution’s impending acquisition of NetEnt, almost two months after launching an investigation...
CMA Can Probe Giphy/Facebook Merger Determines UK Tribunal
Facebook’s acquisition of animated picture platform Giphy can be probed as planned by the UK competition regulator, a tribunal court ruled Friday, November 13.
The...
Trading Systems Firms Present Concessions To UK’s Watchdog
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted a proposal from ION to sell Broadway’s fixed income business in order to resolve competition concerns...
UK Blocks FNZ Attempt To Buy Platform Rival
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered technology platform FNZ to abandon a long running attempt to purchase rival GBST.
A £220 million (US$288.7...
CMA Issues Fines Of Over £9m For Roofing Lead Cartel
Following an investigation into suspected cartel conduct, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that Hertfordshire-based firms, Associated Lead Mills Ltd (ALM) and H.J....
