1. Bank regulation -
1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION -
a) General -
(i) International -
FSB: 2024 list of global systemically important banks -
Status: Final -
The FSB has published a 2024 list of global systemically...more
12/2/2024
/ Banking Sector ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FATF ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Investment ,
MiFID ,
MiFIR ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sustainable Finance ,
UK
1. Bank regulation -
1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION -
a) General -
(i) EU -
ESRB: Speech on old and new frontiers of the ESRB: Systemic risk, non-banks and data analysis -
Status: Final -
The ESRB has published a speech by...more
11/4/2024
/ Banking Sector ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
ESRB ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK
This is the final note in a three-part series on the regulation of artificial intelligence in the financial services sector in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom. Our first note, we provided a...more
10/21/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Liability ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
United States
Rapid and accelerating developments in artificial intelligence have prompted governments around the world to consider how AI should be regulated and used responsibly by businesses, without stifling innovation.
This is...more
10/17/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Markets ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
Many governments are grappling with the question of how to regulate artificial intelligence to ensure it is adopted safely and used responsibly without hampering innovation. Governments have generally indicated similar...more
10/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bank of England ,
Bergdorf Goodman ,
Data Collection ,
Data Processors ,
Data Selling ,
Documentation ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information Governance ,
Machine Learning ,
MiFID II ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party ,
Training ,
Transparency ,
UK
1. Bank regulation -
1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION -
a) General -
(i) EU -
EC: Report on the future of European competitiveness Status: Final -
The EC has published a report on the future of European competitiveness,...more
10/2/2024
/ Banking Sector ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK
On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines).
As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more
7/15/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
New Guidance ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UCITS ,
UK
The text of the Directive amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) (AIFMD II) was published on 26 March 2024 and will enter into force on 15 April 2024.
AIFMD II introduces, among other changes,...more
In our annual financial services Horizon Scanning webinar, our regulatory team provided an overview of upcoming and expected changes for UK firms.
Partners from our UK team considered regulatory updates on the horizon for...more
A new decree no. 2023-813 of 22 August 2023 (the Decree) just amended the French definition of the MiFID service of reception and transmission of orders (the RTO Service) since 1st September 2023....more
Since the beginning of the Brexit transition period, developments in both the UK and EU have impacted the MiFID rules in various ways.
In the UK, there have been changes under the EUWA on-shoring process; “quick-fix”...more
The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting government lockdowns have brought intense volatility both to financial markets and the real economy, and a sharp return of challenges that confronted asset managers in the Global Financial...more
On 3rd October 2018, the French Government published a draft bill providing the Government with the power to adopt legislation to mitigate the risks arising from the situation where the UK and the EU27 fail to ratify the...more