On 27 January 2021, the European Commission adopted an equivalence decision determining that the legal and supervisory arrangements applicable to US central counterparties (CCPs) registered with the Securities and Exchange...more
On 24 December 2020, the government of the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) reached a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “Agreement”) in advance of the end of the Brexit transition period (11:00 p.m. GMT on...more
1/6/2021
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On 30 June 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced proposals designed to provide breathing room to solo-regulated firms (meaning those governed solely by the FCA) in respect of the implementation of certain...more
On 5 June 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines on certain aspects of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) compliance function requirements (the...more
On 10 June 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) renewed its decision to temporarily require holders of net short positions in shares traded on a European Union regulated market to notify the relevant...more
On 18 May 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the non-renewal of the emergency restrictions on short selling and similar transactions by the Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) of Austria, the Financial...more
On 24 April 2020, the Treasury Committee of the UK Parliament published its terms of reference for the next stage of its inquiry into the economic effect of COVID-19, which includes a focus on measures designed to hold the...more
On 3 April 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) (together the “Regulators”) issued statements regarding changes to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime for both dual...more
4/21/2020
/ Certifications ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Furloughs ,
Investment Firms ,
Notification Requirements ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Senior Managers ,
SMFs ,
UK
Welcome to the 2020 edition of In Principle. With the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) on31 January 2020, and moving into a transition period which will last until 31 December 2020, Brexit of courselooms...more
1/30/2020
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Certifications ,
Climate Change ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EMIR ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Firms ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Libor ,
Market Abuse ,
National Competent Authorities (NCA) ,
Personal Liability ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Senior Managers ,
SFTR ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Sustainability ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The commencement date of 9 December 2019 for the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) to solo-regulated firms is fast approaching. The SMCR will replace the existing Financial Conduct Authority...more
In the 2018 edition of this publication, we ended the introduction with the line, “We can only hope that we will enter 2019 with greater certainty than 2018 as to how the regulatory landscape will look.” Unfortunately,...more
1/31/2019
/ Amended Regulation ,
Asset Management ,
Banking Sector ,
Benchmarks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Compensation Agreements ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EMIR ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Infrastructure ,
Libor ,
Market Abuse ,
Market Infrastructure ,
Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) ,
SMCR ,
Sustainability ,
UK Brexit
On 23 June 2016, the UK shocked the world, and perhaps itself, when it voted in favour of a “Brexit” from the European Union. While the referendum result has brought significant uncertainty to the financial services sector,...more
2/2/2017
/ AIFM ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFID II ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Senior Management Regime (SMR) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit